Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , March 2005

Pediatric Trauma Care: An Ongoing Evolution

  • Barbara A. Gaines, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dr Barbara A. Gaines, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

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PII: S1522-8401(04)00089-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.12.003

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , March 2005

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