Three decades of disasters: A review of disaster-specific literature from 1977-2009

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Smith, Erin ^a   Wasiak, Jason ^a   Sen, Ayan ^b   Archer, Frank ^a   Burkle, Frederick M ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

database; disaster; evidence based practice; literature review; peer review

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 78650321226     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007020     Document Type: Review

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