Lessons from Boston

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1956-1957

  Kellermann, Arthur L ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARATHON RUNNER; MASS DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 84877957093     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1305304     Document Type: Article

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