Non-governmental organizational health operations in humanitarian crises: The case for technical support units

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Greenough, P Gregg ^a,b   Nazerali, Rahim ^c   Fink, Sheri ^a   Vanrooyen, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

humanitarian; indicators; non governmental organizations; technical support

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; RELIEF WORK; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449109550     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005070     Document Type: Article

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