Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages A19-A21 , January 2010

Pearls About Swine: How Emergency Departments Are Coping With the Surge of H1N1

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, 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.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01719-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages A19-A21 , January 2010