Defending against disasters: Global public health emergencies and opportunities for collaboration and action

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Iain, Blair ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

disaster; disaster risk reduction; hazard; Middle East; resilience; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS DISASTER; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77953859883     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510372844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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