Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 512-522 , December 2005

Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: An Epidemiologic Review and Assessment of Current Knowledge

Received 13 December 2004 ,Revised 27 May 2005 ,Accepted 31 May 2005.

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 Supervising editors: Peter C. Wyer, MD; Michael L. Callaham, MDFunding and support: The authors report this study was supported by National Institutes of Health grant 5R21HD 044975-02.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.05.028

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 512-522 , December 2005

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