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ACS trauma centre designation and outcomes of post-traumatic ARDS: NTDB analysis and implications for trauma quality improvement

,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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PII: S0020-1383(08)00515-9

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.001

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