The vulnerable geriatric casualty: Medical needs of frail older adults during disasters

Generations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Brown, Lisa M ^a   Rothman, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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