Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 4-9 , March 2010

Golden Hour or Golden Opportunity: Early Management of Pediatric Trauma

  • Wendalyn K. Little, MD, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Wendalyn Little, MD, MPH, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1645 Tullie Circle, Atlanta, GA 30329.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.005

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 4-9 , March 2010

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