A Study of Hospital Disaster Preparedness in South Yemen

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 133-138

  Naser, Waheeb Nasr ^a   Ingrassia, Pier Luigi ^b   Aladhrae, Salem ^c   Abdulraheem, Wegdan Ali ^d  

^a KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Al Joumhuriyah Teaching Hospital   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Aden; disaster; hospital preparedness; WHO; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISASTER PLANNING; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; YEMEN;

EID: 85044593476     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X18000158     Document Type: Article

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