RE: Field triage in trauma – do the data really justify the conclusions?
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Address: 1Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drobak, Norway, 2Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Division Ulleval University Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway, 3Department of Anaesthesiology, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4Department of Anaesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, St Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, 5Prehospital division, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway and 6Department of Anaesthesiology, Division of Emergency Medicine, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Field triage in trauma – do the data really justify the conclusions?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
دوره 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009