Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 186-187 , February 2008

Turnaround Time and Transaction Costs

  • Peter Viccellio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Peter Viccellio, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Level 4, Room 080, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8350; 631-444-3880, fax 631-444-3919

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 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 might create any potential conflict of interest. The author has stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online August 24, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the author.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01186-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.474

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 186-187 , February 2008

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