Trauma Mortality: Understanding Mortality Distribution to Improve Outcomes

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-406

  Moore, Kathryn ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84903782908     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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