World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?
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چکیده
Francesco Checchi senior humanitarian health lead 1 , Ronald J Waldman president 3 , Leslie F Roberts professor , Alastair Ager director 5 , Ramin Asgary clinical assistant professor , Marie T Benner senior health adviser , Karl Blanchet lecturer , Gilbert Burnham professor , Emmanuel d’Harcourt senior health director , Jennifer Leaning director , Moses B F Massaquoi national Ebola case manager, Edward J Mills senior epidemiologist, Rachel T Moresky director, sidHARTe programme 5 , Preeti Patel senior lecturer , Bayard Roberts director , Michael J Toole deputy director 17 , Bradley Woodruff adjunct associate professor 19 , Anthony B Zwi professor of global health and development 20
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 352 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016