Hospital stay as a proxy indicator for severe injury in earthquakes: a retrospective analysis.

Hospital stay as a proxy indicator for severe injury in earthquakes: a retrospective analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Earthquakes are the most violent type of natural disasters and injuries are the dominant medical problem in the early phases after earthquakes. However, likely because of poor data availability, high-quality research on injuries after earthquakes is lacking. Length of hospital stay (LO...

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Main Authors: Lu-Ping Zhao, Martin Gerdin, Lina Westman, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Qi Wu, Barbara van den Oever, Liang Pan, Manuel Albela, Gao Chen, De-Sheng Zhang, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Johan von Schreeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3621831?pdf=render

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