Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 369-376 , March 2007

Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Emergency Physician

  • Malkeet Gupta, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles/Olive View Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Malkeet Gupta, MD, MS, UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, 924 Westwood Blvd, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1777; 310-794-0585, fax 310-794-0599

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 Supervising editors: Troy E. Madsen, MD; Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: The author reports this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

 Reprints not available from the author.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00702-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 369-376 , March 2007

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