Rapid disaster victim identification inmassfatality incidents: Decision-supporttooltofacilitatehumanremainsidentification

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-290

  De Cosmo, Sergio ^a   Barbera, Joseph A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antemortem forms; Decision support system; Identification; Mass fatality incidents; Postmortem forms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL RECORD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

CADAVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867777785     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.44     Document Type: Article

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