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Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level
Results of a National Survey
- In: HSR: Health Services Research
- By: Savoia E, Rodday AM, and Stoto MA
- Publisher: Health Administration Press
- Published: 10/1/2009
The objective of this study was to look at the relationship between elements of public health infrastructure and local public health emergency preparedness.
Although this article was not funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it has been included as an additional resource from this special issue of HSR: Health Services Research.
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