Disasters and a register for foreign medical teams

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9771, 2011, Pages 1054-1055

  Redmond, Anthony D ^a   O'Dempsey, Timothy J ^b   Taithe, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NATURAL DISASTER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TSUNAMI;

EID: 79953145697     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60319-X     Document Type: Note

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