Trauma registries: Tarnished gold [4]

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-391

  Lowenstein, S ^a   Orsay, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INJURY; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029916781     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70282-2     Document Type: Letter

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