Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 57-64 , March 2010

Mental Health Consequences of Trauma: The Unseen Scars

  • Michael Finn Ziegler, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Michael Finn Ziegler, MD, Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Emory University Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 1405 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30322.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.12.007

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 57-64 , March 2010

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