War Abdominal Trauma: Usefulness of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index, Injury Severity Score, and Number of Injured Abdominal Organs as Predictive Factors
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Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.3.226