US Military Forces and Emergency International Humanitarian Assistance: Observations and Recommendations From Three Recent Missions

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 386-390

  Sharp, Trueman W ^a   Yip, Ray ^a   Malone, John D ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028100514     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520050066032     Document Type: Article

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