Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 128-135 , June 2006

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network: Progress and Update

  • Peter Dayan, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Morgan-Stanley Children's Hospital of New York–Presbyterian, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Peter Dayan, MD, MSc, The Children's Hospital of New York–Presbyterian, 622 W 168th St, PH 137, New York, NY 10032.
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  • James Chamberlain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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  • J. Michael Dean, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Ronald F. Maio, DO, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center, Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
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  • The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.03.006

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 128-135 , June 2006

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