Influence of a province-wide trauma system on motor vehicle collision process of trauma care and mortality: A 10-year follow-up evaluation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Tallon, John M ^a   Fell, Deshayne B ^a   Karim, Saleema A ^a   Ackroyd Stolarz, Stacy ^a,b   Petrie, David ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 84858387175     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.016710     Document Type: Article

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