Post-Nargis medical care: Experience of a Korean Disaster Relief Team in Myanmar after the cyclone

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Kim, Hoon ^a   Han, Seung Baik ^c   Kim, Ji Hye ^c   Kim, Jun Sig ^c   Hong, Eunseog ^b  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Humanitarian; Myanmar; Natural disasters; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYANMAR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIEF WORK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MYANMAR; RELIEF WORK; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149126126     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32832d3bc6     Document Type: Article

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