Five years experience of trauma care in a german urban level i university trauma center

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 448-454

  Wyen, Hendrik ^a   Wutzler, Sebastian ^a   Rüsseler, Miriam ^a   Mack, Martin ^a   Walcher, Felix ^a   Marzi Dr , Ingo ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; Polytrauma management including prehospital and shockroom; Trauma management and education; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350710378     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-009-9140-y     Document Type: Article

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