The Asian tsunami: Pan-American health organization disaster guidelines in action in India

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 310-315

  Roy, Nobhojit ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

benefits; casualties; disaster; earthquake; event; guidelines; health care; hospital; India; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); personnel; preparedness; resources; response; response time; tsunami; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947545716     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003939     Document Type: Article

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