Plastic surgery during natural disasters: Lessons from haiti

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Patel, Anup ^a   McRae, Matthew ^a   McRae, Mark ^a   Sinha, Indranil ^a   Persing, John ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SURGERY, PLASTIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955357243     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181df7255     Document Type: Note

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