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Review
. 2020 Feb 4;5(1):e000421.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000421. eCollection 2020.

Building the future for national trauma research

Michelle A Price  1   2 , Rosemary A Kozar  3 , Eileen M Bulger  4 , Gregory J Jurkovich  5 ; Coalition for National Trauma Research Scientific Advisory Council
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Building the future for national trauma research

Michelle A Price et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .

Abstract

This paper describes the current funding, infrastructure growth and future state of trauma research. It also introduces a group of review articles generated from The Future of Trauma Research: Innovations in Research Methodology conference hosted by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma in July 2019.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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