Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages A20-A24 , March 2010

A Fine Excision: ATLS Manual No Longer Defines Trauma as a Surgical Disease

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.015

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages A20-A24 , March 2010

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