Paediatric trauma epidemic: a call to action.
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SUBMITTER: Keating EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688678 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Paediatric trauma epidemic: a call to action.
Keating Elizabeth M EM Price Raymond R RR Robison Jeff A JA
BMJ paediatrics open 20190801 1
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