Improving Surge Capacity for Biothreats: Experience from Taiwan

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1114-1117

  Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Koenig, Kristi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bioevent; biothreat; surge; surge capacity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FLOOD TIDE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

BIOTERRORISM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750296045     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.044     Document Type: Article

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