Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 213-219 , August 1996

Method to Electronically Collect Emergency Department Data

Received 29 June 1995 ,Revised 13 December 1995 ,Accepted 9 January 1996.

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☆ From the Division of Substance Abuse and Health Promotion, Iowa Department of Public Health*, and Iowa Methodist Medical Center‡, Des Moines, Iowa; and the Injury Prevention Research Center§ and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health||, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

☆☆ The development and implementation of the Rural Injury surveillance System was supported in part by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, grant no. R49-CCR703640-05, through a cooperative agreement with the National Industry and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, grant no. U02/CCU 308771-03; and through a cooperative agreement between the US Departments of Health and Human Services and Health Resources and Services Administration.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 213-219 , August 1996

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