Applying yesterday's lessons to today's crisis: Improving the utilization of recovery services following catastrophic flooding

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-133

  Subbarao, Italo ^a   Bostick, Nathan A ^b   James, James J ^c  

^a Public Health Readiness Office   (United States)

^b Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response   (United States)

^c AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58749086735     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181842504     Document Type: Editorial

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