Mass-casualty events at schools: A national preparedness survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Graham, James ^a,b   Shirm, Steve ^a   Liggin, Rebecca ^a   Aitken, Mary E ^a   Dick, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergency aid; School health; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; COUNSELING; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; CHILD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RURAL POPULATION; TERRORISM; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644833408     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0927     Document Type: Review

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