Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 121-126 , June 2003

Environmental emergencies: weighing the ounce of prevention

  • Carl R Baum, MD, FAAP, ACMT

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Carl R. Baum, MD, FAAP, ACMT, 20 York St / Room WP 143, New Haven, CT 06504 USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Toxicology Service, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00016-8

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 121-126 , June 2003

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