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Title
Disabled Persons and Earthquake Hazards.
File
PB2000101604.pdf
Author(s)
Tierney, K. L.; Petak, W. J.; Hahn, H.
Source
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1988, 170 p.
Abstract
;Table of Contents: Introduction; Concepts and Models in the Study of Disability; The Epidemiology of Disability; Disability and the Risk of Earthquake-Related Injury; Probable Effects of Earthquake Damage on the Coping Capacity of Building Occupants; Emergency Preparedness and Response Measures for Persons With Disabilities; and Conclusions and Recommendations.
Keywords
; Emergency preparedness; Senior citizens; Emergency planning; Nursing homes; Disasters; Intermediate care facilities; Earthquake; Risk assessment; Literature surveys; Social effect; Hazards; Handicapped persons; Physically handicapped; Case studies; California; Earthquake damage; Fires; Buildings; Elderly persons; Losses; Disabled persons; Local planning