Impact of public health emergencies on modern disaster taxonomy, planning, and response

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-199

  Burkle Jr , Frederick M ^a   Gregg Greenough, P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster and war mortality and morbidity; Disaster classification and taxonomy; Disaster planning and management; Public health emergencies; Public health infrastructure and systems; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 58749105110     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181809455     Document Type: Article

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