Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 47-60 , March 2008

Disaster Preparedness and Toxic Exposures in Children

  • Anthony J. Scalzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Anthony J. Scalzo, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, 1465 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63104.
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  • Kathy L. Lehman-Huskamp, MD
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  • Glen A. Sinks, EMT-P, CS, CFNP
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  • William J. Keenan, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.12.005

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 47-60 , March 2008

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