Hospital Preparedness Challenges in Biological Disasters: A Qualitative Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1935-7893,1938-744X
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2020.434