Rural and urban distribution of trauma incidents in Scotland

@article{Morrison2013RuralAU,
  title={Rural and urban distribution of trauma incidents in Scotland},
  author={Jonathan J. Morrison and Nicolas McConnell and Jean A. Orman and Gerry Egan and Jan O. Jansen},
  journal={British Journal of Surgery},
  year={2013},
  volume={100},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12690289}
}
The characteristics of trauma incidents attended by the Scottish Ambulance Service were analysed to gain a better understanding of the geospatial characteristics of Trauma in Scotland.
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