Children and Megadisasters: Lessons Learned in the New Millennium

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-214

  Garrett, Andrew L ^a   Grant, Roy ^b   Madrid, Paula ^a   Brito, Arturo ^b   Abramson, David ^a   Redlener, Irwin ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Children's Health Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 34547849483     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2007.03.011     Document Type: Review

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