Quality of life in patients operated for pelvic fractures caused by suicide attempt by jumping

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Borg, Tomas ^a   Holstad, M ^a   Larsson, S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Jumpers; LiSat 11; Pelvic fractures; SCID; SF 36; Suicidal attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649517280     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749691009900314     Document Type: Article

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