Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 91-97 , January 2007

Children in Sweden admitted to intensive care after trauma

  • Lena Franzén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.: +46 705 801022.
    • ,
  • Per Örtenwall

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Torsten Backteman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

,Accepted 10 July 2006.

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PII: S0020-1383(06)00471-2

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.042

Injury
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