To the Editor

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 423-

  Soldati, Gino ^a   Iacconi, Pietro ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY;

HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 85047277329     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200108000-00045     Document Type: Letter

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