Major thoracic trauma - sternal trauma;Traumi maggiori del torace - traumi dello sterno

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-228

  Dominioni, Lorenzo ^a   Berizzi, Fabio ^a   Imperarori, Andrea ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Carcano , Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sternal fractures; Thoracic traumas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM;

EID: 33644873870     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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