Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 170-178 , September 2006

Evaluation of Children Removed From a Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory

  • Penny Grant, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Penny Grant, MD, Montefiore Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY.

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PII: S1522-8401(06)00051-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.07.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 170-178 , September 2006

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