Rapid epidemiological assessment of health status in displaced populations - An evolution toward standardized minimum essential data sets

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 178-185

  Bradt, David A ^a,b   Drummond, Christina M ^c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; criteria; data sets; disaster; displaced populations; epidemiology; International Decade for National Disaster Reduction (IDNDR); management; minimums; needs; protocols; rapid epidemiological assessment; smart; sphere project; standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904355267     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000674     Document Type: Review

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