Mass Gatherings Health 4 Crowd and environmental management during mass gatherings
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چکیده
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, UK (A Johansson PhD, Prof M Batty PhD); Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (A Johansson); Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA (K Hayashi MD); Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (O Al Bar PhD); All-Hazards Medical Preparedness Policy, White House National Security Staff, Washington, DC, USA (D Marcozzi MD); Preventive Medicine Directorate, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Prof Z A Memish MD); and College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Prof Z A Memish)
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