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Health and health systems impact of natural disasters

Injury epidemiology after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India: a retrospective analysis of injuries treated at a rural hospital in the Kutch district immediately after the disaster

Revati PhalkeyInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Jan D. ReinhardtInternational Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine – ISPRM, Rehabilitation Disaster Relief CommitteeGent, Belgium;Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland;Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Michael MarxInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: 7196 | Received 13 Apr 2011, Accepted 01 Jul 2011, Published online: 26 Jul 2011

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