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BL
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975023
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b729393
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Organization, Pan American Health.
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Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington :: Pan American Health Organization,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Disaster Mitigation Series
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1 online resource (127 pages).
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| ISBN
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927512728X
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: 9789275127285
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| Contents
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Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; Disasters and Hospitals; Structural Vulnerability; Nonstructural vulnerability; Administrative and Organizational Vulnerability; Methods for the Analysis for Structural Vulnerability.
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| Abstract
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The book focuses on problems encountered in areas of high risk for seismic events. It introduces the essential aspects of carrying out vulnerability assessments and applying practical measures to mitigate damage in hospitals, addressing structural and nonstructural aspects, as well as administrative and internal organization.
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Disaster Planning.
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Emergency medical services.
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Health facilities.
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Hospital Design and Construction.
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Natural disasters.
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Risk assessment.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.34525
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| LC Classification
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RA967 .P75 2000ebRA967.P75 2000
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