Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 337-338 , September 2009

Testing New Ideas: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

  • Donald M. Yealy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Donald M. Yealy, MD, of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15241; 412-647-8295, fax 412-647-4670
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  • Michael L. Callaham, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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PII: S0196-0644(09)01260-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.015

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 337-338 , September 2009

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