Modelling mass casualty decontamination systems informed by field exercise data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3685-3710

  Egan, Joseph R ^a   Amlôt, Richard ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical hazard release; Computer simulation; Decontamination; Mass casualty incidents; Operations research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868160003     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103685     Document Type: Article

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