Immediate and long-term assistance following the bombing of the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-434

  Abdallah, Saade ^a   Heinzen, Rebekah ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Emergency assistance; Kenya; Tanzania; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; BOMB; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BOMBS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELIEF WORK; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 36348992613     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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