Ratification of IATSIC/WHO's guidelines for essential trauma care assessment in the south american region

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2735-2744

  Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Mora, Francisco ^a   Rodas, Edgar ^b,c   Salamea, Juan ^c   Parra, Marcelo Ochoa ^c   Salgado, Estuardo ^c   Mock, Charlie ^d   Ivatury, Rao ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^c Cinterandes Foundation   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECUADOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ECUADOR; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952643532     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0716-9     Document Type: Article

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