Consensus and tools needed to measure health care emergency management capabilities

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Mccarthy, Melissa L ^a,d   Brewster, Peter ^b   Hsu, Edbert B ^a   Macintyre, Anthony G ^c   Kelen, Gabor D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 67949117271     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31819f4186     Document Type: Article

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