Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 83-89 , June 2003

Emergency medicine and injury prevention: meeting at the intersection

  • M.Denise Dowd, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to M. Denise Dowd, MD, MPH, Chief, Section of Injury Prevention, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108 USA
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Marilyn Bull, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Developmental Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 83-89 , June 2003

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