Lessons from Haiti on disaster relief

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2122-2129

  Portilla, Didier ^a   Shaffer, Rachel N ^b   Okusa, Mark D ^c   Mehrotra, Rajnish ^d   Molitoris, Bruce A ^e   Bunchman, Timothy E ^f   Ibrahim, Tod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b American Society of Nephrology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DISASTER; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY INJURY; RELIEF WORK; REVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VOLUNTEER;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78149324528     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03960510     Document Type: Review

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