Measurement, geospatial, and mechanistic models of public health hazard vulnerability and jurisdictional risk

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2014, Pages

  Testa, Marcia A ^a   Pettigrew, Mary L ^b   Savoia, Elena ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response   (United States)

Author keywords

Geospatial analysis; Hazard vulnerability; Jurisdictional risk assessment; Multivariate statistics; Public health preparedness; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84905487404     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000079     Document Type: Article

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