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‘Coming home does not mean that the injury has gone’—exploring the lived experience of socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes in post-discharge trauma patients in urban India

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Pages 3022-3042 | Received 10 Jul 2021, Accepted 20 Jan 2022, Published online: 06 Feb 2022

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