Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages A17-A22 , May 2010

Starting from Scratch: Haiti's Earthquake and Disaster Planning

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, MD

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PII: S0196-0644(10)00263-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages A17-A22 , May 2010

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