Emergency medicine task shifting: Quick dash outcome scores of upper extremity injury management
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Management of Upper Extremity Trauma
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-419X
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.08.037