Traumatic injury in the elderly: Epidemiology of injury in the elderly

Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 215-220

  Reilly, Patrick M ^a,b   Krumrei, Nicole J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84956605505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8501-8_20     Document Type: Chapter

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