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  1. Bishara S. Atiyeh MD,FACS
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  1. International Association for Humanitarian Medicine, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland

    S. William A. Gunn MD,FRCSC,FRCSI(Hon),DSc(Hon),Drhc

  2. Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters, Palermo, Italy

    Michele Masellis MD

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Atiyeh, B.S. (2008). Humanitarian Basic Plastic Surgery. In: Gunn, S.W.A., Masellis, M. (eds) Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72264-1_13

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