Mass casualty information decision support

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Culley, Joan M ^a  

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Author keywords

All hazards events; Emergency decision making; Information decision support systems; Information technology infrastructure; Mass casualty triage; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865089131     PISSN: 10899758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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