Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 154-156 , January 2009

Commentary

  • Richard E. Rothman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine (Division of Infectious Disease), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Brian Kalish, BA

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.004

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 154-156 , January 2009

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