Integrating health into disaster risk reduction strategies: Key considerations for success

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1811-1816

  Dar, Osman ^a   Buckley, Emmeline J ^b   Rokadiya, Sakib ^b   Huda, Qudsia ^c   Abrahams, Jonathan ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84907215850     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302134     Document Type: Review

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