Mechanisms and demographics in trauma

Trauma Anesthesia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-8

  Barbieri, Pedro ^a   Gomez, Daniel H ^b   Mahoney, Peter F ^c   Pratesi, Pablo ^b   Grande, Christopher M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e International TraumaCare (ITACCS)   (United States)

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EID: 84871349504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511547447.004     Document Type: Chapter

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