Hospital preparedness for emergency response: United States, 2008

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 37, 2011, Pages

  Niska, Richard W ^a   Shimizu, Iris M ^a  

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Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Hospital preparedness; Mass casualty; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047656775     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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