Trauma scoring in a developing country

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 386-388

  Talwar, S ^a,b   Jain, S ^a   Porwal, R ^a   Laddha, B L ^a   Prasad, P ^a  

^a J L N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Severity indices; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INJURY SCALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 0033142641     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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