Health-related relief in the former Yugoslavia: Needs, demands, and supplies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-19

  Rubin, Margareta ^a   Heuvelmans, J Hans A ^b,c   Tomic Cica, Anja ^b   Birnbaum, Marvin L ^d  

^a Swedish Board of Health and Welfare Department of Emergency and Disaster Planning   (Sweden)

^b Médians Sans Frontières   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Pharmacy and Medical Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

aid; assessment; assistance; demands; disaster; materiels; needs; non governmental organizations; personnel; supplies; workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904305580     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00024870     Document Type: Article

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