Risk and risk assessment in health emergency management

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-154

  Arnold, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

definition; disaster; disaster medicine; emergency; emergency management; error; event; evidence; evidencebased medicine; harmonization; hazard; health; risk; risk assessment; risk assessment matrix; risk characterization; risk management; terrorism; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 26044454189     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002363     Document Type: Review

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