Illnesses and injuries reported at disaster application centers following the 1994 Northridge earthquake

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 526-530

  Teeter, David S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPERTENSION; LACERATION; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029831059     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.9.526     Document Type: Article

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