Differences in world responses to natural disasters and complex emergencies

JAMA

Volumn 293, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1915-1918

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DESERTIFICATION; DESTRUCTION; DISASTER; DROUGHT; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOOD TIDE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MASS MEDIUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR; ARTICLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCIES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS MEDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLITICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 17144395110     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.15.1915     Document Type: Note

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