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Hospital Flood Preparedness: A Survey of 15 Provinces in Central Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand12120
Thana Khawcharoenporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand12120
Keith F. Woeltje
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand12120 ([email protected])

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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