Health impact of the 2004 Andaman Nicobar earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-499

  Guha Sapir, Debarati ^a   Van Panhuis, Willem Gijsbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Andaman Nicobar Islands; earthquake; health impact; Indian Ocean; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALARIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TSUNAMI;

CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENGUE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALARIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 77951652070     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007391     Document Type: Article

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