Trauma Patients Without a Trauma Diagnosis: The Data Gap at a Level One Trauma Center
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-5282
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31818c1583