The Central American network for disaster and health information

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-322

  Arnesen, Stacey J ^a   Cid, Victor H ^a   Scott, John C ^b   Perez, Ricardo ^c   Zervaas, Dave ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Public Service Communications   (United States)

^c Pan American Health Organization   (Panama)

^d United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction   (Panama)

^e Centro Regional de Información Sobre Desastres para América Latina Y el Caribe CRID   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TECHNICAL AID;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LIBRARIES, DIGITAL; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34547128121     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.3.316     Document Type: Article

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