Dealing with disaster databases - What can we learn from health and systematic reviews?

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kar Purkayastha, Ishani ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b   Murray, Virginia ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b All Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84867441503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1272     Document Type: Article

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