Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17 , March 2010

Prehospital Management of Pediatric Trauma

  • Manish I. Shah, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Manish I. Shah, MD, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, MC 1-1481, Houston, TX 77030.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.003

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17 , March 2010

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