Need for a trauma system in Norway;Behov for traumesystem i Norge

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 608-609

  Hansen, Kari Schröder ^a  

^a Kirurgisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SHORT SURVEY;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NORWAY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14844294744     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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