Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 90-97 , January 2003

Variations among emergency departments in the treatment of benign headache

Presented in part at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum , Seattle, WA, October 2002.

Received 2 January 2002 ,Revised 18 July 2002 ,Accepted 8 August 2002.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.24

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 90-97 , January 2003

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