Smoke and Shadows: Measuring Hospital Disaster Preparedness

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-231

  Burstein, Jonathan L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 49549122449     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.012     Document Type: Editorial

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