Female gender does not protect blunt trauma patients from complications and mortality.

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Published in J Trauma on September 01, 2002

Authors

Joseph F Rappold1, Raul Coimbra, David B Hoyt, Bruce M Potenza, Dale Fortlage, Troy Holbrook, Gayle Minard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burns, University of California San Diego, 92103, USA.

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