What do we need to do for better casualty support in disasters

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Nekooei Moghadam, M ^a   Saeed, S ^a   Khan jani, N ^a   Arab, M ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disaster relief planning; Mass casualty incidents; Nurses; Relief work

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

EID: 79960106033     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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