Morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients after the 1995 Hanshin- Awahi earthquake

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-191

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Oda, Jun ^a   Iwai, Atsushi ^a   Kuwagata, Yasuyuki ^a   Matsuoka, Tetsuya ^a   Takaoka, Makoto ^a   Kishi, Masashi ^a   Morimoto, Fumio ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^a   Mizushima, Yasuaki ^a   Nakata, Yasuki ^a   Yamamura, Hitoshi ^a   Hiraide, Atsushi ^a   Shimazu, Takeshi ^a   Yoshioka, Toshiharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crush syndrome; Disaster; Hanshin Awaji earthquake; Illness; Survey; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 13044297052     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90059-1     Document Type: Article

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