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Editorial Comments–Anticipated Behaviors of Emergency Prehospital Medical Care Providers during an Influenza Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Samuel J. Stratton*
Affiliation:
Center for Public Health and Disasters, University of California, Los Angeles, Orange County California Health Care Agency, Health Disaster Management/Emergency Medical Services, California, USA
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Abstract

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

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