Disaster-related physical and mental health: a role for the physician
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Disaster-related physical and mental health: a role for the family physician.
Natural disasters, technologic disasters, and mass violence impact millions of persons each year. The use of primary health care services typically increases for 12 or more months following major disasters. A conceptual framework for assisting disaster victims involves understanding the individual and environmental risk factors that influence post-disaster physical and mental health. Victims of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dhaka Medical College
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2219-7494,1028-0928
DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v22i1.15538