Earthquake epidemiology: The 1994 los angeles earthquake emergency department experience at a community hospital

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-27

  Kazzi, A Antoine ^a   Langdorf, Mark I ^a   Handly, Neal ^a   White, Karen ^b   Ellis, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Granada Hills Charter High School   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; earthquake; emergency medicine; epidemiology; granada hills; injury profile; los angeles earthquake; northridge; seismic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904279610     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00024882     Document Type: Article

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