Morbidity Following Chi-Chi Earthquake in Taiwan
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital*, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital**, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University***, Taichung, Taiwan Received: April, 2005 Revised: April, 2005 Accepted: May, 2005 Address reprint requests to Dr. Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00058866