Lessons learned from the Japan earthquake and Tsunami, 2011

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-315

  Fuse, Akira ^a   Yokota, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Earthquake; Medical informatics; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JAPAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RELIEF WORK; TSUNAMI;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RELIEF WORK; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84864823428     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.79.312     Document Type: Article

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