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Emergency Department Overcrowding: An Action Plan
Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01286.x
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Viccellio, P. (2001), Emergency Department Overcrowding: An Action Plan. Academic Emergency Medicine, 8: 185–187. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01286.x
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