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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Problems > Crime > Violence > Terrorism > Mass Casualty Incidents
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Crime > Violence > Terrorism > Mass Casualty Incidents
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Disasters > Mass Casualty Incidents
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Disasters > Mass Casualty Incidents

Preferred term

Mass Casualty Incidents  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Casualties, Mass
  • Casualty, Mass
  • Mass Casualties
  • Mass Casualty

Scope note

  • Events that overwhelm the resources of local HOSPITALS and health care providers. They are likely to impose a sustained demand for HEALTH SERVICES rather than the short, intense peak customary with smaller scale disasters.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054527

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