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How do we Measure Severity? An Assessment of Five Indexes used in Sudden Onset Disasters and Complex Emergencies to Measure Severity and Risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Anneli Eriksson
Affiliation:
Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm/Sweden
Martin Gerdin
Affiliation:
Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm/Sweden
Thorkild Tylleskär
Affiliation:
Centre For International Health, Bergen University, Bergen/Norway
Johan Von Schreeb
Affiliation:
Department Of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm/Sweden
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Abstract

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Type
Situational Awareness Systems
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© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2017