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A call for a global terrorism-related mass casualty incident response research consortium

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  1. Military Hospital Narahenpita, 08 Elvitigala Mawatha, Colombo, 00800, Sri Lanka

    Amila Ratnayake

  2. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA

    Amila Ratnayake & Tamara Worlton

  3. National Hospital Sri Lanka, Regent Street, Colombo, 10000, Sri Lanka

    Kirthi Abayajeewa & Samiddhi Samarakoon

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Ratnayake, A., Abayajeewa, K., Samarakoon, S. et al. A call for a global terrorism-related mass casualty incident response research consortium. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 47, 275–276 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01572-1

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