An estimate of the Number of Lives that Could be Saved through Improvements in Trauma Care Globally

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 959-963

  Mock, Charles ^a   Joshipura, Manjul ^b   Arreola Risa, Carlos ^c   Quansah, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ESCUELA DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Mexico)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863728660     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1459-6     Document Type: Article

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