Deadly heat wave in Karachi, July 2015: Negligence or mismanagement?

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 249-

  Salim, A ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Ashraf, N ^a   Ashar, M ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; LETTER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84944601261     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.678     Document Type: Letter

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