An earthquake disaster in Turkey: An overview of the experience of the Israeli Defence Forces field hospital in Adapazari

Disasters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-270

  Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a,b,c   Mankuta, David ^a,b,c   Wolf, Yoram ^a,b,c   Levy, Yehezkel ^a,b,c   VanRooyen, Michael ^a,b,c   Beard, Pinar ^a,b,c   Finestone, Aharon ^a,b,c   Gruzman, Carlos ^a,b,c   Benedek, Paul ^a,b,c   Martonovits, Giora ^a,b,c  

^a Medical Corps   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Turkish Medical   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Earthquake; Field hospital; Mass casualties; Military assets; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; HEALTH CARE;

ADAPAZARI; TURKEY;

EID: 0033805119     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00147     Document Type: Article

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