Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 141-147 , June 2003

The suicidal pediatric patient: an emergency medicine focus

  • Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan, MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 USA
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 USA

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PII: S1522-8401(03)00020-X

doi: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00020-X

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 141-147 , June 2003