Research in humanitarian logistics

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-131

  Overstreet, Robert E ^a   Hall, Dianne ^a   Hanna, Joe B ^a   Kelly Rainer, R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Humanitarian logistics; Research; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876273485     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741111158421     Document Type: Review

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