Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 112-117 , January 2007

Missed injuries: A Ugandan experience

,Accepted 9 July 2006.

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PII: S0020-1383(06)00474-8

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.044

Injury
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