Identification File and Guidelines for Identifying Disaster Victims Before Evacuations
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00033586