A note on the disjointed nature of the injury severity score

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 479-487

  Kilgo, Patrick D ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a   Hensberry, Rebecca ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   DiRusso, Stephen C M ^c   Barie, Philip A ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4744347655     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141024.96440.7C     Document Type: Article

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