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Medical Care for Children with Skeletal Injuries After Earthquakes

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Diagnoses and treatment of skeletal trauma is one of the most important problems of medical assistance in earthquakes, especially in the case of mass arrival of traumatized children.

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Keshishian, R., Puzhitsky, L., Basargin, D., Nikishov, S., Ratin, D., Roshal, L.M. (2016). Medical Care for Children with Skeletal Injuries After Earthquakes. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_38

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