The Houston flood of 2001: The Texas medical center and lessons learned

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-283

  Sirbaugh, Paul E ^a   Bradley, Richard N ^a   Macias, Charles G ^a   Endom, Erin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0036965480     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(02)90041-8     Document Type: Article

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