Trimodal Distribution of Trauma Deaths Is No More
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Changing epidemiology of trauma deaths leads to a bimodal distribution.
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Anaesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Finnmark Health Trust, Hammerfest Hospital, Hammerfest, Norway Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Trauma, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Healt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Surgeons
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1072-7515
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.132