A location-allocation model for casualty response planning during catastrophic radiological incidents

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-44

  Caunhye, Aakil M ^a   Li, Mingzhe ^b   Nie, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative care facilities; Casualty response planning; Catastrophic radiological incidents; Location allocation; Triage and treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MODEL TEST; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLANNING METHOD;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930268177     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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