Hospital Resilience to Earthquake-Induced Lifeline Interruptions
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عنوان ژورنال: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-899X
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/453/1/012059