Terremotos en El Salvador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14965241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claude De Ville De Goyet (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-113 |
| Publication date | 2001-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892001000200011 |
| PMID | 11370646 |
| OpenAlex | W2074005045 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1020-49892001000200011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has 25 years of experience dealing with major natural disasters. This piece provides a preliminary review of the events taking place in the weeks following the major earthquakes in El Salvador on 13 January and 13 February 2001. It also describes the lessons that have been learned over the last 25 years and the impact that the El Salvador earthquakes and other disasters have had on the health of the affected populations. Topics covered include mass-casualties management, communicable diseases, water supply, managing donations and international assistance, damages to the health-facilities infrastructure, mental health, and PAHO's role in disasters
Business · Damages · Emergency management · Environmental health · Geography · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Political science · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2004 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |