Assessing the readiness and training needs of non-urban physicians in public health emergency and response

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 106-111

  Hsu, Chiehwen Ed ^a,b   Soto Mas, Francisco ^c   Jacobson, Holly ^c   Papenfuss, Richard ^d   Nkhoma, Ella T ^e   Zoretic, James ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TEXAS;

EID: 27244451488     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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