Epidemiology of polytrauma

Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-23

  Lecky, Fiona E ^a   Bouamra, Omar ^a   Woodford, Maralyn ^a   Alexandrescu, Roxana ^a   O'brien, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84870750122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89508-6_2     Document Type: Chapter

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