International humanitarian assistance: Where do emergency physicians belong?

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-131

  VanRooyen, Michael ^a   Venugopal, Raghu ^b   Greenough, P Gregg ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MASS MEDIUM; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 12344269098     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.09.006     Document Type: Review

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