The medical reserve corps as part of the federal medical and public health response in disaster settings

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Frasca, Dominic R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HURRICANE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER MEDICINE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956547433     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2010.0006     Document Type: Article

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