Shelter-in-Place versus Evacuation Decision Making: A Systematic Approach for Healthcare Facilities

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 19-33

  Zaenger, Dennis ^a   Efrat, Natasha ^a   Riccio, Robert R ^a   Sanders, Kelly ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

evacuation; public health emergency preparedness; shelter in place

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931563393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1028     Document Type: Article

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