Health lessons learned from the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Asia

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  De Ville De Goyet, Claude ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

earthquake; lessons; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ASIA; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LEARNING; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34250183072     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004283     Document Type: Review

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