Trauma deaths in a mature urban vs rural trauma system

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 376-382

  Rogers, Frederick B ^a,f   Shachford, Steven R ^a   Hoyt, David B ^c   Camp, Lorelei ^b   Osler, Turner M ^a   Mackersie, Robert C ^d   Davis, James W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030952285     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430280050007     Document Type: Article

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