Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 1047-1053 , September 1990

Sequential clinical trials in emergency medicine

    MD, PhD
  • Roger J Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA
    • UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Roger J Lewis, MD, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, California 90509.
    • , MD, FACEP
  • Howard A Bessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA
    • UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA

Received 2 October 1989 ,Revised 29 March 1990 ,Accepted 1 May 1990.

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 Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in San Diego, May 1989.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 1047-1053 , September 1990

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