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Urbanization and Humanitarian Access Working Group: Toward Guidelines for Humanitarian Standards and Operations in Urban Settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2012

Laura M. Janneck ,
Ronak Patel ,
Shada A. Rouhani  and
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Laura M. Janneck
Affiliation:
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts USA
Ronak Patel*
Affiliation:
Program on Urbanization and Humanitarian Emergencies. Associate Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Shada A. Rouhani
Affiliation:
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts USA
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Affiliation:
Senior Fellow & Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
*
Corresponding author: Ronak B. Patel, MD, MPH, 14 Story St., 2nd Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA E-mail: rbpatel@gmail.com
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Rapid urbanizationUrban slumsHumanitarian assistanceHumanitarian guidelinesNon-Governmental Organizations

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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2011 , pp. 464 - 469
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Copyright Janneck © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2012

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