Activities of the Japan medical association team in response to the great East Japan earthquake.
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About one year prior to the earthquake, the JMA’s Committee on Emergency and Disaster Medicine proposed that Japan Medical Association Team (JMAT) be formed and issued a press release to that effect. The JMA decided to form JMAT on March 15, 2011, in response to the earthquake, and requested that prefectural medical associations nationwide send JMAT to the affected areas as emergency medical rescue teams.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Japan Medical Association journal : JMAJ
دوره 55 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012