A qualitative and quantitative study of the surgical and rehabilitation response to the earthquake in Haiti, January 2010

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 449-456

  Redmond, Anthony D ^a   Mardel, Simon ^a   Taithe, Bertrand ^b   Calvot, Thomas ^b   Gosney, Jim ^b   Duttine, Antony ^b   Girois, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Handicap International ^*  (France)

Author keywords

disaster; earthquake response; Haiti; humanitarian; medical disaster response

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84864564195     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12000088     Document Type: Article

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