Open AccessNeeds for disaster medicine: lessons from the field of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Author(s) -
Hiroto Ushizawa,
A. Ruth Foxwell,
Steven Bice,
Tamano Matsui,
Yutaka Ueki,
Naoki Tosaka,
Tomohisa Shoko,
Junichi Aiboshi,
Yasuhiro Otomo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.4.010
Subject(s) - triage , disaster medicine , medical emergency , medicine , emergency management , poison control , suicide prevention , political science , law
The Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred in Tohoku, Japan on 11 March 2011, was followed by a devastating tsunami and damage to nuclear power plants that resulted in radiation leakage.
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