Disability as an emerging public health crisis in postearthquake Nepal

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1515-1517

  Landry, Michel D ^a   Raman, Sudha R ^b   Kohrt, Brandon A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

DISABLED PERSONS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84937605170     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302809     Document Type: Editorial

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