A fundamental, national, medical disaster management plan: An education-based model

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-569

  Djalali, Ahmadreza ^a,b   Hosseinijenab, Vahid ^b   Hasani, Azadeh ^b   Shirmardi, Kianoush ^c   Castrén, Maaret ^a   Öhlén, Gunnar ^a   Panahi, Farzad ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of emergency management   (Iran)

^c Tehran Social Security Organization   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

disaster management plan; education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; IRAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IRAN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77951627981     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007524     Document Type: Article

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