Pediatric trauma at tertiary-level hospitals in the aftermath of the bam, Iran earthquake

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-339

  Sabzehchian, Marzieh ^a   Abolghasemi, Hassan ^b   Radfar, Mohammad Hadi ^c   Jonaidi Jafari, Nematollah ^a   Ghasemzadeh, Houman ^c   Burkle, Frederick M ^d  

^a Baqiyatallah Military Health Research Center   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^c Iranian Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology Sosciety   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; fasciotomy; injury; pediatrics; tertiary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947522571     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003976     Document Type: Article

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