Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 144-148 , September 2009

Preparing for Natural Disasters

  • Mark Waltzman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Mark Waltzman, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
    • ,
  • Eric Fleegler, MD, MPH

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PII: S1522-8401(09)00063-9

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.07.009

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 144-148 , September 2009

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