Overall asessment of the response to terrorist bombings in trains, Madrid, 11 March 2004

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Turégano Fuentes, Fernando ^a   Pérez Díaz, Dolores ^b   Sanz Sánchez, Mercedes ^b   Ortiz Alonso, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blast injury; Injury pattern; Injury Severity Score; Mass casualty incident; Preparedness; Surge capacity; Terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949092784     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8805-2     Document Type: Article

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