Emergency health and risk management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A lesson from the embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-66

  Clack, Zoanne A ^a   Keim, Mark E ^b   MacIntyre, Anthony G ^c   Yeskey, Kevin ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bombing; emergency health; global health; injuries; international emergency medicine; Kenya; risk management; Tanzania; U.S. Embassy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA; TERRORISM;

BLAST INJURIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; RISK MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA; TERRORISM;

EID: 0036527809     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000194     Document Type: Article

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