Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 159-161 , September 2009

Challenges Facing Pediatric Preparedness

  • Katherine Mason, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pediatric Pharmacology and Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Katherine Mason, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pediatric Pharmacology and Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106.
    • ,
  • Michael R. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

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PII: S1522-8401(09)00068-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.07.014

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 159-161 , September 2009

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