Simulating the Response of a Rural Acute Health‐care Delivery System to a Bioterrorist Attack

International Journal of Disaster Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 42006, 2004, Pages 24-32

  Miller, George ^a   Randolph, Stephen ^a   Gower, Dan ^b  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b US Army Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; discrete event simulation; pneumonic plague; rural hospitals; surge capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993761993     PISSN: 15031438     EISSN: 16513037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15031430410024363     Document Type: Article

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