General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 359-366 , September 2004

Hospital preparedness for possible nonconventional casualties: an Israeli experience

Received 26 September 2003 ,Accepted 25 May 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.05.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 359-366 , September 2004

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