Rural Trauma Recidivism
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Rural trauma recidivism: a different disease.
HYPOTHESIS Unlike the well-characterized urban trauma recidivist (RC), factors associated with the rural RC remain undefined. In an attempt to devise preventative strategies, we theorized that the rural RC profile would be similar to that of urban counterparts. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Rural, university-affiliated, level I trauma center. PATIENTS All trauma patients admitted b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.1.77