Towards a national trauma registry for the United Arab Emirates

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shaban, Sami ^a   Eid, Hani O ^b   Barka, Ezedin ^c   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 77955407170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-187     Document Type: Article

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