Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2009.
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The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Analgesia in Patients with Back Pain in Two Hospitals
Article first published online: 1 MAR 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00676.x
© 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Pines, J. M., Shofer, F. S., Isserman, J. A., Abbuhl, S. B. and Mills, A. M. (2010), The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Analgesia in Patients with Back Pain in Two Hospitals. Academic Emergency Medicine, 17: 276–283. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00676.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 1 MAR 2010
- Article first published online: 1 MAR 2010
- Received June 9, 2009; revision received August 26, 2009; accepted September 8, 2009.
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