What do we mean by the term polytrauma

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 962-963

  Mohta, Medha ^a   Dickson, Rona E ^a   McNeill, Jane M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GERIATRICS; LETTER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 47349104361     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.02.033     Document Type: Letter

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