Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response

Disaster Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 157-163

  Mothershead, Jerry L ^a   Yeskey, Kevin ^b   Brewster, Peter ^c  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84882768042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03253-7.50031-5     Document Type: Chapter

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