Humanitarian Action Summit: exploring the edges of humanitarian health.
نویسندگان
چکیده
1. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Division of International Health and Humanitarian Programs, Boston, Massachusetts USA 2. Senior Scholar,Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC USA 3. Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA 4. Professor, Department of Community Emergency Health & Paramedic Practice, Monash University Medical School, Melbourne, Australia
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Prehospital and disaster medicine
دوره 24 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009