On the origin of mass casualty incidents in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, in 1990

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-113

  Radovanovic, Z ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Epidemics; Kosova; Mass casualty; Mass hysteria; Mass sociogenic disease; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIOPATHY; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029974990     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00144437     Document Type: Article

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