Spinal injuries in the Sichuan earthquake

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-637

  Dong, Zhi Hui ^a   Yang, Zhi Gang ^a   Chen, Tian Wu ^a   Feng, Yuan Chun ^a   Wang, Qi Ling ^a   Chu, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY;

EID: 68249150676     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0903047     Document Type: Letter

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