Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , June 2003

Addressing violence in the emergency department

  • Howard R Spivak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Howard R. Spivak, MD, Tufts New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box 351, Boston, MA 02111 USA
    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA,, USA
    • ,
  • Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00027-2

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , June 2003

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