Preventable deaths from hemorrhage at a level I Canadian trauma center.

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Published in J Trauma on January 01, 2007

Authors

Homer C Tien1, Fernando Spencer, Lorraine N Tremblay, Sandro B Rizoli, Frederick D Brenneman

Author Affiliations

1: Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defense, Toronto, Canada. homer.tien@sunnybrook.ca

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