Impact of facility damages on hospital capacities for decision support in disaster response planning for an earthquake

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Paul, Jomon Aliyas ^a   Lin, Li ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

epicenter; fragility curve; ground acceleration; hypocenter; landfall; wind speed

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HOSPITALS;

EID: 78049437834     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007068     Document Type: Article

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