Analysis of Preventable Deaths According to Post-Mortem Reports in Traumatic Deaths
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[Analysis of preventable deaths according to postmortem reports in traumatic deaths].
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00022184