Surge Capacity

Disaster Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 193-202

  Metzger, Jeffery C ^a   Marcozzi, David E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 48249113455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03253-7.50035-2     Document Type: Chapter

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