The road ahead

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 10-17

  Leus, Xavier R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ALNAP; CDC; civilian military; data; decision makers; disaster management; disaster medicine; disasters; economics; epidemiology; evaluation; guidelines; indicators; information; international responsibility; needs; progress; public health; relief; research; SPHERE; standards; supply; WHO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904302639     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00025231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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