Business and public health collaboration for emergency preparedness in Georgia: A case study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Buehler, James W ^a   Whitney, Ellen A ^a   Berkelman, Ruth L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MOTIVATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; VOLUNTEER;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMERCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; GEORGIA; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 33845390771     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-285     Document Type: Article

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