Epidemiology of traumatic injuries from earthquakes.

نویسندگان

  • Marizen Ramirez
  • Corinne Peek-Asa
چکیده

1 Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 2 Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, Saban Research Center, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 3 Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 4 Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Epidemiologic reviews

دوره 27  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005