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Hospital Disaster Preparedness in Osaka, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Eric K. Noji*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Disaster Assessment and Epidemiology Section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop F46, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341USA
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Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1994

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