When disaster strikes: Responding to the needs of children

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Gurwitch, Robin H ^a   Kees, Michelle ^b   Becker, Steven M ^c   Schreiber, Merritt ^d   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a   Diamond, Dickson ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Los Angeles County Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; children; disaster; interventions; mental health; policy; post traumatic stress reactions; terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6044263879     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001448     Document Type: Article

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