Disasters and their effects on children.

نویسندگان

  • Julia Lynch
  • Joe Wathen
  • Eric Tham
  • Patrick Mahar
  • Stephen Berman
چکیده

Julia Lynch, MD, Joe Wathen, MD, Eric Tham, MD, Patrick Mahar, MD, Stephen Berman, MD* Military Infectious Disease Research Program, US Army, Medical Research and Material Command (US Army, MRMC), 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, MA 21702, USA Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, The Children’s Hospital, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B251, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Department of Pediatrics, General Academic Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Advances in pediatrics

دوره 57 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010