From trauma care to injury control: A people's history of the evolution of trauma systems in Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Evans, David C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 35548965523     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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