Controversies in pediatric thoracic and abdominal trauma

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-62

  Furnival, Ronald A ^a,b,c  

^a Primary Children's Medical Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 10644269943     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/cpem.2001.21407     Document Type: Article

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