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Surge Capacity Implications and Geographic Maldistribution of Pediatric Medical Resources in Seattle-King County

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Samuel J. Stratton*
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Public Health and Disasters and The Orange County California Health Care Agency, Los Angeles, California, USA

Abstract

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Type
Editorial Comments
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2010

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