Emergency medical rescue efforts after a major earthquake: Lessons from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9818, 2012, Pages 853-861

  Zhang, Lulu ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Li, Youping ^b   Liu, Yuan ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^a   Lin, Juncong ^a   Shen, Ji ^c   Tang, Xuefeng ^d   Zhang, Yi ^a   Liang, Wannian ^e  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Health Department of Sichuan Province   (China)

^d Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Sichuan Province   (China)

^e BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHINA; COUNSELING; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRST AID; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MASS DISASTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; REPRODUCTION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETY;

EID: 84863229500     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61876-X     Document Type: Review

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