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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 17, 2016 - Issue sup1: Peer-Reviewed Journal for the 60th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), September 2016
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Prehospital transportation decisions for patients sustaining major trauma in road traffic crashes in Sweden

Stefan CandefjordDepartment of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden;MedTech West, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ruben BuendiaDepartment of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden;MedTech West, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden;School of Health Sciences, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
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Eva-Corina CaragounisTrauma Unit, Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden;Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bengt Arne SjöqvistDepartment of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden;MedTech West, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Helen FagerlindSAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden;Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;Neuroscience Research Australia and School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pages 16-20 | Received 01 Mar 2016, Accepted 02 Jun 2016, Published online: 02 Sep 2016

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