Accountability and assessment of emergency drill performance at schools

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Ramirez, Marizen ^a   Kubicek, Katrina ^b   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Wong, Marleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Evaluation; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549162077     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181994662     Document Type: Article

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