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-PLUS Prehospital Mass-Casualty Triage: A Strategy for Addressing Unusual Injury Mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Yaron Bar-Dayan*
Affiliation:
PReparED Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Abstract

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Editorial Comments
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2010

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