Mass fatality preparedness in the death care sector

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1179-1186

  Gershon, Robyn R M ^a   Magda, Lori A ^b   Riley, Halley E M ^b   Merrill, Jacqueline A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MASK; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80054011446     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822cfe76     Document Type: Article

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