The role of emergency medicine physicians in trauma care in North America: Evolution of a specialty

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Grossman, Michael D ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICINE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952279066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-17-37     Document Type: Review

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