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Hospital Preparation for Disasters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Christopher A. Kahn*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA

Abstract

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Type
Editorial Review
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2008

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