Improving UK trauma care: The NCEPOD trauma report

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-457

  Lockey, D ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42149185236     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05518.x     Document Type: Editorial

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