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Measures of severity of injury

  • J.P. Bull
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Dr J. P. Bull, MRC Unit, Birmingham Accident Hospital, Bath Row, Birmingham, B15 1NA.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(78)90004-9
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      ☆Paper presented at the Symposium on Trauma held at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton, on 14 and 15 October 1975.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(78)90004-9

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