Time for order in chaos! A health system framework for foreign medical teams in earthquakes

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Lind, Karin ^a   Gerdin, Martin ^a   Wladis, Andreas ^a   Westman, Lina ^a   Von Schreeb, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

conceptual framework; disaster; earthquake; foreign medical team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862087079     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X11006832     Document Type: Review

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