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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...

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Autores principales: Phalkey, Revati, Reinhardt, Jan D., Marx, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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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