A survey of international urban search-and-rescue teams following the Ji Ji earthquake

Disasters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-94

  Chiu, Wen Ta ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey ^b   Shih, Yaw Tang ^c   Hsiung, Kuang Hua ^d   Chi, Hsueh Yun ^e   Chiu, Chia Huei ^a   Tsai, Wan Chen ^a   Huang, William C ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Natl Health Research Insts   (United States)

^d CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Dept of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Search and rescue efforts; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THAILAND;

ALTRUISM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; THAILAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; INTERNATIONAL AID; NATURAL DISASTER;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0036515269     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00193     Document Type: Article

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