Strategies of disaster response in the health care system for tropical cyclones: Experience following Typhoon Nari in Taipei City

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1109-1112

  Lai, Ting I ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Chiang, Wen Chu ^a   Shen, Shih Tsuo ^b   Chen, Wen Jone ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclones Typhoon Nari; Disaster response; Emergency preparedness; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAIWAN; TROPICS; WEATHER;

EID: 0141445976     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00368-3     Document Type: Article

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