Disaster in Turkey: Lessons for health preparedness [12]

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9190, 1999, Pages 1649-1650

  Guha Sapir, D ^a   Carballo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FIRST AID; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; LIMB FRACTURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEAMWORK; THORAX INJURY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0033530412     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)77139-7     Document Type: Letter

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