Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 389-391 , April 2001

Guidelines for preparedness of emergency departments that care for children: A call to action

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☆ Address for reprints: Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Box 21, Torrance, CA 90509; E-mail mgausche@emedharbor.edu .

☆☆ This editorial also appears in the April 2001 issue of Pediatrics.

PII: S0196-0644(01)48968-2

doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.114069

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 389-391 , April 2001

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