Surviving collapsed structure entrapment after earthquakes: A "time-to-rescue" analysis

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-17

  MacIntyre, Anthony G ^a,b   Barbera, Joseph A ^b   Smith, Edward R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Earthquake; Entrapment; Search and rescue; Survivability; Time to rescue

Indexed keywords

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CONFINED SPACES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RESCUE WORK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 33646551212     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003253     Document Type: Article

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