Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 724-726 , June 2009

Anyone, Anything, Anytime…All the Time

  • Azita G. Hamedani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Azita G. Hamedani, MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, F2/211 CSC MC3280, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792; 608-262-9527, fax 608-262-2641
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  • Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, and Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, England

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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 authors have 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 January 21, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02064-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.002

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 724-726 , June 2009

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