Mobile computing in the humanitarian assistance setting: An introduction and some first steps

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-125

  Selanikio, Joel D ^a,b,e   Kemmer, Teresa M ^c   Bovill, Maria ^d   Geisler, Karen ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ctr Excellence Disaster Mgmt H   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Tripler AMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Disaster; Handheld; Humanitarian; Mobile computing; Palm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISASTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROCOMPUTER; MYANMAR; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WAR; COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THAILAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; THAILAND;

EID: 0036547193     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014853825636     Document Type: Article

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