Non-structural Components influencing Hospital Disaster Preparedness in Malaysia
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عنوان ژورنال: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1755-1307,1755-1315
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012007