Care provided by VA mobile clinic staff during northridge earthquake relief

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 84-90

  Weiss, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Linda ^b   Teeter, David ^c   Geraci, Jane ^d  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Upstate New York Veterans Administration Health Care Network   (United States)

^c VA Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness Training and Development   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; demography; Department of Veterans Affairs; diagnoses; disaster medicine; disaster preparedness; emergency clinics; hypertension; mobile health clinics; psychological conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904345785     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00027588     Document Type: Article

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