Rebuilding Earthquake Struck Nepal through Community Engagement

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Adhikari, Bipin ^a   Mishra, Shiva Raj ^b   Raut, Shristi ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Orthopaedics Lumbini Medical College Teaching Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

community engagement; earthquake; health education; health promotion; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994716908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00121     Document Type: Article

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