Rapid health assessment in Aceh Jaya District, Indonesia, following the December 26 tsunami

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Brennan, Richard J ^a   Rimba, Kamaruddin ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^b CARDI   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Indonesia; Rapid assessment; Relief; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; ORPHANAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; TSUNAMI;

EID: 28544439415     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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