Preventable trauma deaths: From panel review to population based-studies

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Chiara, Osvaldo ^a   Cimbanassi, Stefania ^a   Pitidis, Alessio ^b   Vesconi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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EID: 34248182146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-1-12     Document Type: Review

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