JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To describe injuries resulting from terrorist-associated knife stabbings. ⋯ Unlike other civilian stabbings, wounds resulting from terrorist-associated stabbings represent severe and highly lethal injuries.
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To evaluate access to and distribution and quality of medical supplies donated by humanitarian aid organizations to hospitals and health services during the war in Bosnia and Croatia. ⋯ During war, access and security are beyond the control of humanitarian agencies. Assistance coordination, however, must be provided. Although a consensus on policies and objectives between different humanitarian organizations is difficult to reach, satisfactory complementarity can be achieved. The systematic and continuous gathering of information at the recipient and user level, beginning at the early phase of the conflict, is recommended to maintain appropriate assistance.