Disaster-related injury and predictors of health complaints after exposure to a natural disaster: An online survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Marres, Geertruid M H ^a,b,c   Leenen, Luke P H ^a,b   De Vries, Jolanda ^d   Mulder, Paul G H ^c   Vermetten, Eric ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Major Incident Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84855474945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000248     Document Type: Article

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