Decisionmaking in Hospital Earthquake Evacuation: Does Distance From the Epicenter Matter?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.025