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Focus on Trauma

Motor Vehicle Intrusion Alone Does Not Predict Trauma Center Admission or Use of Trauma Center Resources

Derek Isenberg From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD,
David C. Cone From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
, MD &
Federico E. Vaca From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
, MD, MPH
Pages 203-207 | Received 21 Jan 2010, Accepted 20 Aug 2010, Published online: 12 Jan 2011

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