Undertriage of Elderly Trauma Patients to State-Designated Trauma Centers
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Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.8.776