Disaster and mass casualty management in a hospital: How well are we prepared?

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-90

  Mehta, S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BUILDING; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; EXPLOSION; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; TERRORISM; TSUNAMI; VOLCANO;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS;

EID: 33646586032     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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