ConceptsMedical response to catastrophic events: California's planning and the loma prieta earthquake
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2006, Surgical Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Pipelines carrying water, sewage, and natural gas may be seriously damaged during an earthquake [7]. Toxic materials were responsible for about 20% of the after-earthquake injuries following the Loma Prieta earthquake in northern California in 1989 [8,9]. Fires are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity following earthquakes.
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