Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 556-561, November 2001

Were there enough physicians in an emergency department in the affected area after a major earthquake? An analysis of the Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake in 1999☆☆☆

Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 18 September 2000; received in revised form 13 March 2001 and 29 June 2001; accepted 30 July 2001.

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☆ Author contributions are provided at the end of this article.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Wei-Kung Chen, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, No 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan, ROC;,886-4-2052121, fax 886-4-2036401; E-mail cwk52626@ms8.hinet.net .

PII: S0196-0644(01)19333-9

doi:10.1067/mem.2001.119054

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 556-561, November 2001

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