Sorting variables for each case: A new algorithm to calculate injury severity score (ISS) using SPSS-PC

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 933-937

  Linn, S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

EID: 0030005114     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<933::aid-sim262>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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