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mass fatality management  

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  • Mass fatality management refers to the identification, death certification, and preparation for last rites of a large number of bodies that come simultaneously from a single incident or event, such as an earthquake or a transportation crash. This article concentrates on cases in which there are approximately 50 to 250 bodies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Mass Fatality Management]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X549CKK0-2

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