The October 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan: Pattern of injuries in victims brought to the emergency relief hospital, Doraha, Mansehra

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-539

  Sami, Fahad ^a   Ali, Fahad ^a   Zaidi, Syed Habib Haider ^b   Rehman, Hiba ^a   Ahmad, Tashfeen ^c   Siddiqui, M Irfanullah ^a  

^a Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry   (Pakistan)

^b Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

earthquake; fracture; injuries; Pakistan; wounds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951631658     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007470     Document Type: Review

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