Redefining the role of emergency medicine in mass gatherings

Michiel Stiers^{1

2}, Pieter Jan Van Asbroeck³, Olivier Hoogmartens^{1

2}, Joris Guldentops¹, Marc Sabbe^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Research unit Emergency Medicine, KU Leuven.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Genk, Genk, Belgium.

Editorial

Michiel Stiers et al. Eur J Emerg Med. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 1;31(3):171-172.

doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001131. Epub 2024 Mar 8.

Michiel Stiers^{1

2}, Pieter Jan Van Asbroeck³, Olivier Hoogmartens^{1

2}, Joris Guldentops¹, Marc Sabbe^{1

2}

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Research unit Emergency Medicine, KU Leuven.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Genk, Genk, Belgium.

No abstract available

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