About the Authors
- Ran D. Balicer
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* E-mail: rbalicer@netvision.net.il
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Clalit Health Services, Clalit Research Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Christina L. Catlett
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Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Daniel J. Barnett
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Carol B. Thompson
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Edbert B. Hsu
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Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Melinda J. Morton
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Natalie L. Semon
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Christopher M. Watson
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Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard S. Gwon
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Affiliation Office of Emergency Management, Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jonathan M. Links
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Affiliations Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RDB CLC DJB. Performed the experiments: CLC EBH HSG CMW. Analyzed the data: CBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDB DJB CBT NLS JML. Wrote the paper: RDB MJM. Editing and reviewing for critical content: CLC DJB CBT EBH MJM NLS CMW HSG JML.