Estimating blood transfusion requirements in preparation for a major earthquake: The Tehran, Iran study

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Tabatabaie, Morteza ^a   Ardalan, Ali ^b   Abolghasemi, Hassan ^a   Naieni, Kourosh Holakouie ^b   Pourmalek, Farshad ^c   Ahmadi, Batool ^b   Shokouhi, Mostafa ^b  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; earthquake; estimate; Iran; needs; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; IRAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956993966     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008116     Document Type: Article

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