Trauma Surgery: Discipline in Crisis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-207

  Green, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249143705     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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