The South Asian earthquake six months later - An ongoing crisis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1769-1771

  Brennan, Richard J ^a   Waldman, Ronald J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUNGER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMONIA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TSUNAMI; UNITED NATIONS; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PAKISTAN; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646085770     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp068017     Document Type: Short Survey

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