Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 516-519 , May 1999

Seroprevalence of Varicella Antibodies Among New House Officers

Presented at the Seventh International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada March 29, 1998.

Received 13 August 1998 ,Revised 14 December 1998 ,Accepted 28 December 1998.

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☆ Address for reprints: Kumar Alagappan, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 516-519 , May 1999

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