Analysis of 303 road traffic accident victims seen dead on arrival at emergency room - Assir central hospital

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Batouk, Abdul N ^a   Abu Eisheh, Nader ^b   Abu Eshy, Saeed ^a   Al Shehri, Mohammad ^b   Ai Naami, Mohammad ^a   Jastaniah, Suleiman ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Road Traffic Accident; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001878665     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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