Hospital responses to acute-onset disasters: A review

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-53

  Milsten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute onset; disasters; earthquake; floods; hospitals; hurricane; response; tornado

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900330342     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00024900     Document Type: Review

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