Send severely head-injured children to a pediatric trauma center?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 309-314

  Johnson, Dennis L ^a   Krishnamurthy, Satish ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Trauma systems; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030408684     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121145     Document Type: Article

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