Responding to Major Burn Disasters in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons Learned From an Oil Tanker Explosion in Nakuru, Kenya.
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From the Médecins Sans Frontières-Kenya (E.K., I.S., W.K., M.H., E.O.), Nairobi, Kenya; Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium (M.T.), Medical Department, Gynecology, Anaesthesia, and Surgery Unit, Brussels, Belgium; Nakuru Provincial General Hospital (G.M.), Department of Surgery, Nakuru, Kenya; Médecins Sans Frontières - South Africa (N.P.F., K.M.C.), Medical Unit, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (N.P.F.), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa; and Departments of Surgery and International Health (K.M.C.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.Issue Date
2011-02-17
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Journal of TraumaAbstract
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Lippincott Williams & WilkinsPubMed ID
21336193Language
enISSN
1529-8809ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/TA.0b013e3181febc8f
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