Injury
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 993-1000 , September 2007

International comparison of prehospital trauma care systems

  • Bahman S. Roudsari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Dallas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 214 648 1054; fax: +1 214 648 1081.
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  • Avery B. Nathens

      Affiliations

    • St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • Peter Cameron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash School of Public Health, Alfred Hospital, Australia
    • ,
  • Ian Civil

      Affiliations

    • University of Auckland, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Russel L. Gruen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia
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  • Thomas D. Koepsell

      Affiliations

    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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  • Fiona E. Lecky

      Affiliations

    • University of Manchester, Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  • Rolf L. Lefering

      Affiliations

    • Biochemical & Experimental Division, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Moishe Liberman

      Affiliations

    • Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Divisions of Surgery and Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada
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  • Charles N. Mock

      Affiliations

    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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  • Hans-Jörg Oestern

      Affiliations

    • Chefarzt der Klinik für, Unfall und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle, Germany
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  • Thomas A. Schildhauer

      Affiliations

    • Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, BG Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Christian Waydhas

      Affiliations

    • Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr., Germany
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  • Frederick P. Rivara

      Affiliations

    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

,Accepted 27 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.028

Injury
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