Geriatric disaster preparedness

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 443-446

  Bhalla, Mary Colleen ^a,b   Burgess, Amos ^a,c   Frey, Jennifer ^a   Hardy, William ^b  

^a AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster preparedness; geriatric; prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84948382440     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X15005075     Document Type: Article

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