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Does Mechanism of Injury Predict Trauma Center Need for Children?

E. Brooke LernerCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-3757
, PhDORCID Icon,
Mohamed Badawy
, MD,
Jeremy T. Cushman
, MD, MS,
Amy L. Drendel
, MS, DO,
Nicole Fumo
, MPH,
Courtney M. C. Jones
, PhD,
Manish N. Shah
, MD, MPH &
David M. Gourlay
, MD show all
Pages 95-102 | Received 07 Nov 2019, Accepted 27 Feb 2020, Published online: 24 Mar 2020

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