Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 715-719 , December 1999

Emergency Department Documentation in Cases of Intentional Assault

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Washington, DC, May 1997.

  • Debra Houry, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Denver Health Medical Center Residency in Emergency Medicine
    • ,
  • Kim M Feldhaus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Denver Health Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine
    • ,
  • Sara Rohrbach Nyquist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Denver, CO, and Baystate Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency, Springfield, MA.
    • ,
  • Jean Abbott, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Division of Emergency Medicine
    • ,
  • Peter T Pons, MD

      Affiliations

    • Denver Health Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine

Received 20 May 1999 ,Revised 9 August 1999 ,Accepted 11 September 1999.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 715-719 , December 1999

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