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Experience of a Korean Disaster Medical Assistance Team in Sri Lanka after the South Asia Tsunami

On 26 December 2004, a huge tsunami struck the coasts of South Asian countries and it resulted in 29,729 deaths and 16,665 injuries in Sri Lanka. This study characterizes the epidemiology, clinical data and time course of the medical problems seen by a Korean disaster medical assistance team (DMAT)...

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Autores principales:	Kwak, Young Ho, Shin, Sang Do, Kim, Kyu Seok, Kwon, Woon Yong, Suh, Gil Joon
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2006
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2733963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16479081 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2006.21.1.143

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