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The Language of Disease Outbreaks, Disasters, and Public Health Emergencies: The Role of the US National Library of Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2014

Steven J. Phillips*
Affiliation:
Disaster Information Management Research Center, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Stacey J. Arnesen
Affiliation:
Disaster Information Management Research Center, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Cynthia B. Love
Affiliation:
Disaster Information Management Research Center, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Steven J. Phillips, MD, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 (Email steven_phillips@nlm.nih.gov).

Abstract

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Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2014 

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