Evaluating trauma center structural performance: The experience of a Canadian provincial trauma system.

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Published in J Emerg Trauma Shock on January 01, 2013

Authors

Lynne Moore1, André Lavoie, Marie-Josée Sirois, Bonnie Swaine, Valérie Murat, Natalie Le Sage, Marcel Emond

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Quebec (Qc), Canada ; Unité de Traumatologie-urgence-soins Intensifs, Center de Recherche du CHA (Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus), Laval University, Quebec (Qc), Canada.

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