The Gujarat earthquake (2001) experience in a seismically unprepared area: Community hospital medical response

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 186-195

  Roy, Nobhojit ^a   Shah, Hemant ^b   Patel, Vikas ^c   Coughlin, R Richard ^d  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Gandhi Lincoln Hospital   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhuj; disaster; earthquake; Gujarat; India; injury profile; medical; preparedness; response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542395210     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000480     Document Type: Article

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