Facilitators and obstacles in pre-hospital medical response to earthquakes: A qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Djalali, Ahmadreza ^a   Khankeh, Hamidreza ^a,b   Öhlén, Gunnar ^a   Castrén, Maaret ^a   Kurland, Lisa ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 79955922678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-30     Document Type: Article

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