Modeling and simulation in terror medicine

Essentials of Terror Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-94

  Hirshberg, Asher ^a   Mattox, Kenneth L ^b,c  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 78549260450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09412-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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