Emergency Department Trauma: The Immediate Aftermath of Motor Vehicle Collisions

Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-106

  Richmond, Therese S ^a   Jacoby, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956064517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045048-3.00005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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