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close this bookDisasters Preparedness and Mitigation - Issue No. 07 - April, 1981 (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), 1981, 8 p.)
View the documentUse of field hospitals following disasters
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View the documentMyths and reality: The management of mass casualties
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Selected bibliography

The publications listed in this section are articles of interest to health professionals and others responsible for various aspects of disaster relief and preparedness programs. They have been reproduced and recently added to the collection of articles available from the editor of this Newsletter. A complete list of available reprints will be circulated to our readers periodically. When making requests, please quote the reference code listed to the left of the publication title.

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A Manual for the Basic Assessment of Nutrition Status in Potential Crisis Situations, P.L. Graitcer, Center for Disease Control, 1-32, Sept., 1980.

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Cómo hacer una casa más segura, TACASA, INTERTECT, Guatemala.

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Antecedentes de Aspectos Sanitarios de la Preparación para Casos de Desastre y de la Mitigación de los Efectos de estos en Chile, V.A. López Barrenechea; Directiva Nacional de Emergencia, Período 1981-82; ONEMI, Chile. Plan SEH (Seguridad y Evacuación Hospitalarias), A.S. Murra; Operación "Deyse" (Evacuación y Seguridad Escolar), A.S. Murra.

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Saneamiento en Desastres: Los Campamentos de Emergencia en la Ciudad de Guatemala, 1976. J.C. Morataya, Bol Of Sanit Panam 90 (1), 32-38, 1981.

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Plan ADA, University Hospital of Cartagena, Colombia, 1-9, 1980.

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Assessment of Injury Severity: The Triage Index, H.R. Champion, et al., Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 8 No. 4, 201-208, 1980.

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Getting the Disaster Facts, A Guide for Governors' Assistants, National Governors' Association, 1980.

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Session Summaries, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, July 1980.

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