Mortality after road traffic crashes in a system with limited trauma data capability

Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saidi, Hassan ^a   Mutiso, Ben K ^b   Ogengo, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Embu Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

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EID: 84894517883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17522897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-2897-8-4     Document Type: Article

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