Role of Ultrasound in Mass‐Casualty Situations

International Journal of Disaster Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 42006, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Dittrich, Kenneth ^a   ABU‐ZIDAN, Fikri M ^b  

^a Sheik Khalifa Medical City   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Disaster; hand held ultrasound; mass casualty; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995435279     PISSN: 15031438     EISSN: 16513037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15031430410024813     Document Type: Review

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