Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 217-223 , September 2005

Critical Care Medicine Training and Certification for Emergency Physicians

Received 12 April 2005 ,Accepted 14 April 2005.

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 Supervising editor: David T. Overton, MD, MBAFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.011

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 217-223 , September 2005

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