Research questions in pre-hospital trauma care

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Lockey, David J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; MORBIDITY; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85026647573     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002345     Document Type: Article

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