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Focus on Trauma

Association of Interfacility Helicopter versus Ground Ambulance Transport and in-Hospital Mortality among Trauma Patients

Kenneth StewartCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD, MPH,
Tabitha Garwe
, PhD, MPH,
Babawale Oluborode
, MBBS, MPHORCID Icon,
Zoona Sarwar
, MBBS, MS &
Roxie M. Albrecht
, MD
Pages 620-628 | Received 27 Jul 2020, Accepted 26 Aug 2020, Published online: 05 Oct 2020

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