Early disaster response in Haiti: The Israeli field hospital experience

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Kreiss, Yitshak ^a   Merin, Ofer ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a   Levy, Gad ^a   Vinker, Shlomo ^a   Sagi, Ram ^a   Abargel, Avi ^a   Bartal, Carmi ^a   Lin, Guy ^b   Bar, Ariel ^a   Bar On, Elhanan ^c   Schwaber, Mitchell J ^d   Ash, Nachman ^a  

^a Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra ^*  (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d National Center for Infection Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIEF WORK; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIEF WORK; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955746795     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-1-201007060-00253     Document Type: Short Survey

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