Innovative methods for the benefit of public health using space technologies for disaster response

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-328

  Dinas, Petros C ^a,b,c,d   Mueller, Christian ^a,e   Clark, Nathan ^a   Elgin, Tim ^a   Nasseri, S Ali ^a   Yaffe, Etai ^a   Madry, Scott ^a,f   Clark, Jonathan B ^g   Asrar, Farhan ^a,h,i  

^a International Space University Space Studies Program   (Canada)

^b University of Wolverhampton ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f Informatics International   (Germany)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

disaster planning; disasters; emergency preparedness

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84931566797     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.29     Document Type: Article

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