Evaluation of the revised trauma and injury severity scores in elderly trauma patients

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-134

  Watts, Hannah F ^a   Yaniv, Kerem ^a   Kulstad, Erik B ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; injury severity score; revised trauma score; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862508755     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.96481     Document Type: Article

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