Helsinki trauma outcome study 2005: Audit on outcome in trauma management in adult patients in southern part of finland

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-576

  Handolin, Lauri ^a   Leppäniemi, Ari ^b   Lecky, Fiona ^c   Bouamra, Omar ^c   Hienonen, Piia ^b   Tirkkonen, Satu ^a   Pihlström, Karin ^a   Yates, David ^c   Hirvensalo, Eero ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finland; Outcome; TARN; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049148396     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-007-7129-y     Document Type: Article

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