Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 327-334 , September 2007

Emergency Department Visits for Behavioral and Mental Health Care After a Terrorist Attack

  • Charles DiMaggio, PhD, MPH, PA-C

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Charles DiMaggio, PhD, MPH, PA-C, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168 Street, Rm r806, New York, NY 10032; 212-342-6920, fax 212-305-9413.
    • ,
  • Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Lynne D. Richardson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Received 3 August 2006 ,Revised 4 October 2006 ,Accepted 19 October 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: CD, SG, and LDR all made substantive contributions to the study, and all endorse the data and conclusions. CD conceived and designed the study, received the funding, acquired the data, obtained institutional review board approval, and conducted the statistical analyses. CD, SG, and LDR interpreted the results, drafted the manuscript, and contributed to critical revisions for important intellectual content. CD takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Protection Research Initiative grant No. 1 K01 CE000494-02.

 Available online December 4, 2006.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02453-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.021

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 327-334 , September 2007

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