Prehospital preparedness for pediatric mass-casualty events

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Shirm, Steve ^a   Liggin, Rebecca ^a   Dick, Rhonda ^a   Graham, James ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Emergency aid; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148883287     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2856     Document Type: Article

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