Earthquake related injuries: Assessment of 854 victims of the 2003 Bam disaster transported to tertiary referral hospitals

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 510-515

  Mohebbi, Hassan Ali ^a,b   Mehrvarz, Shaban ^b   Saghafinia, Masoud ^a   Rezaei, Yadollah ^a   Kashani, Seyed Mohsen Towliat ^b   Naeeni, Seyed Morteza Moussavi ^b   Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Kalantar ^a   Hoseini, Seyed Hamed ^a   Moharamzad, Yashar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University Baqyatallah Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bam earthquake; injury patterns; referral hospitals; trauma care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651174389     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006336     Document Type: Article

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