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Editorial Review—Israeli Civilians under Heavy Bombardment: Prediction of Post-Traumatic Symptom Severity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Yaron Bar-Dayan*
Affiliation:
Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Zohar Rubinstein
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency and Disaster Management, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

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Editorial Comments
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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