Medical management of disasters and mass casualties from terrorist bombings: How can we cope?

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-212

  Frykberg, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPLOSION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036686052     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200208000-00001     Document Type: Article

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