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Improving spinal trauma management in non-specialist centres
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1473-6357,1478-7075
DOI: 10.1308/147363507x216681