Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 629-632 , June 2001

Appropriate standards for “appropriateness” research

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☆ Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 914 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA,19104-6021; 215-898-0845, fax 215-573-2265; E-mail rlowe@cceb.med.upenn.edu. Address for correspondence after July 1, 2001: Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH, Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Emergency Medicine,UHN-52, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098;,503-494-7500, fax 503-494-4997; E-mail lowero@ohsu.edu.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.115216

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 629-632 , June 2001

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