ATLANTA, GA -- A sociologist has designed a disaster rating scale that would be useful to disaster researchers and practitioners alike. Henry Fischer, Director of the Disaster Research Group and ...
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An ad hoc committee conducted a review and assessment of the current state of the field and best practices in assessing and quantifying mortality and significant morbidity following large-scale ...