Pelvic radiography in ATLS algorithms: A diminishing role?

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hilty, Matthias P ^a   Behrendt, Isabelle ^a   Benneker, Lorin M ^a   Martinolli, Luca ^a   Stoupis, Christoforos ^a   Buggy, Donald J ^b   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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EID: 42549084247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-3-11     Document Type: Article

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