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Violence, terrorism, and the great number of traffic accidents give trauma epidemic proportions and produce a major health and social problem. In the United States the death rate due to trauma for people between 15 and 24 years of age increased by 13% from 1960 to 1978.
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do Amaral, E. (1985). The General Surgeon and the Early Care of Injured Patients. In: Manni, C., Magalini, S.I. (eds) Emergency and Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69262-8_49
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