Profile of injuries arising from the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake: The first 72 h

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 554-560

  Mulvey, J M ^a   Awan, S U ^b   Qadri, A A ^b   Maqsood, M A ^b  

^a Tweed Hospital   (Australia)

^b Pakistan Military ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disaster medicine; Earthquake; Kashmir; Limb injury; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LACERATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPRAIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PAKISTAN; TRIAGE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41349087785     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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