Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 127-134 , June 2003

Public health, emergency medicine, and the community interface

  • Joseph L Wright, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010-2970 USA
    • Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A Edgerton, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, and the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Washington, DC, USA

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Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 127-134 , June 2003

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