Developing consensus on appropriate standards of disaster care for children

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Kanter, Robert K ^a   Andrake, John S ^a   Boeing, Nancy M ^a   Callahan, James ^a   Cooper, Arthur ^a   Christine, A ^a   Lopez Dwyer, R N ^a   Marcin, James P ^a   Odetola, Folafoluwa O ^a   Ryan, Anne E ^a   Terndrup, Thomas E ^a   Tobin, Joseph R ^a  

^a Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Delphi consensus process; Disaster; Hospital; Pediatric; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 67649322339     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e318190a27a     Document Type: Article

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