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Epidemiology of Terrorism Injuries

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Essentials of Terror Medicine

Terrorism attacks occur at unexpected times and locations, resulting in large variations in victim profiles. Population characteristics will differ among casualties injured on commuter buses or trains, in family restaurants, schools, shops, marketplaces and dancehalls. Nevertheless, these populations also have much in common and there is a great deal to be learned from the cumulative experience of treating casualties of terrorist attacks on civilian populations.

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  1. Leon and Mathilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Limor Aharonson-Daniel PhD

  2. Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

  3. Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

  4. International Center of Terror Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

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  1. Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO) (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

  2. Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO) (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

  3. International Center of Terror Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

    Shmuel C. Shapira MD, MPH (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO) (Professor of Medical Administration, Director, Deputy Director General, CEO)

  4. Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Jeffrey S. Hammond MD, MPH, FACS (Professor of Surgery, Section Chief) (Professor of Surgery, Section Chief)

  5. Department of Political Science and Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University, Nework, NJ, USA

    Leonard A. Cole PhD, DDS (Adjunct Professor) (Adjunct Professor)

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Aharonson-Daniel, L., Shapira, S.C. (2009). Epidemiology of Terrorism Injuries. In: Shapira, S.C., Hammond, J.S., Cole, L.A. (eds) Essentials of Terror Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09412-0_10

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