Penetrating Thoracic Trauma: Prehospital Resuscitation For All?
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Pitfalls in penetrating thoracic trauma
261 Correspondence (‹letiflim): Elias Degiannis, M.D. Department of Surgery, University of the Witswatersrand Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa. Tel: +27 (11) 933-8804 e-mail ( e p o s t a ) : d e g i a n n i s @ y e b o . c o . z a Department of Surgery, University of The Witswatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa. Witswatersrand T›p Fakültesi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00049979