Statewide variation in the treatment of patients hospitalized with spleen injury

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1378-1384

  Mangus, Richard S ^a   Mann, N Clay ^b   Worrall, William ^a   Mullins, Richard J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032760739     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.12.1378     Document Type: Article

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