The long-term health consequences of disasters and mass traumas

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1293-1294

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SPAIN; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; HEALTH; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESCUE WORK; SICK LEAVE; TIME; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248208540     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070368     Document Type: Note

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