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Injury epidemiology after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India: a retrospective analysis of injuries treated at a rural hospital in the Kutch district immediately after the disaster
BACKGROUND: The number of injured far exceeds those dead and the average injury to mortality ratio in earthquakes stands at 3:1. Immediate effective medical response significantly influences injury outcomes and thus the overall health impact of earthquakes. Inadequate or mismanagement of injuries ma...
Autores principales: | Phalkey, Revati, Reinhardt, Jan D., Marx, Michael |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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CoAction Publishing
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799668 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v4i0.7196 |
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