Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 248-254 , December 2006

Emergency Department Provider Fatigue and Shift Concerns

  • Mark D. Joffe, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Mark D. Joffe, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2006.08.008

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 248-254 , December 2006

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