Developing public health indicators in complex emergency response

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-285

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a   Burkle, Frederick M ^b   Dey, Chayan C ^b   Salama, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

complex emergencies; displaced persons; humanitarian; indicators; measures of effectiveness; nongovernmental organizations; refugee; trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RELIEF WORK; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035480803     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043430     Document Type: Article

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