Survival Advantage in Trauma Centers: Expeditious Intervention or Experience?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-36

  Haas, Barbara ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^c   Nathens, Avery B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 57749181103     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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