Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 149-152 , September 2009

Lessons Learned From Disasters Affecting Children

  • Debra L. Weiner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Debra L. Weiner, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, Pediatrics Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.07.010

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 149-152 , September 2009

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