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Hospital Flood Preparedness and Flood-Related Psychological Consequences in 15 Provinces in Central Thailand after Implementation of a National Guideline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

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

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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