The 2009 Samoan Tsunami - the Victorian disaster medical assistance team deployment

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 867-869

  Grindlay, Joanne ^a,b,c   Young, Simon ^a,b,c   Whitmore, Shaun ^d   Crellin, Dianne ^a,b,c   Thomson, Benjamin N J ^e   Julian, Meagher B ^f  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Victorian Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAMOA; TSUNAMI;

DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; SAMOA; TSUNAMIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 78649724962     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05545.x     Document Type: Article

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