Are upright lateral cervical radiographs in the obtunded trauma patient useful? A retrospective study

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rabb, Craig H ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^a   VanSickle, David ^a   Beauchamp, Kathryn ^a   Bolles, Gene ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 34247892190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-2-4     Document Type: Article

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