Ending Neglect of Older People in the Response to Humanitarian Emergencies

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Karunakara, Unni ^a,b   Stevenson, Frances ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c HelpAge International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL HUMANITIES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; ALTRUISM; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84871649200     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001357     Document Type: Article

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