An analysis of Japan Disaster Medical Assistance Team (J-DMAT) deployments in comparison with those of J-DMAT's counterpart in the United States (US-DMAT)

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 318-324

  Fuse, Akira ^a   Yokota, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs); Disasters; Medical response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPAN DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM; MEDICAL CARE; TEAMWORK; TORNADO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650093395     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.77.318     Document Type: Article

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