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Raising Our HEADSS: Adolescent Psychosocial Documentation in the Emergency Department

  1. Leanne L. Van Amstel MD,
  2. Daniel L. Lafleur MD,
  3. Kim Blake MD*

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.022

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 11, Issue 6, pages 648–655, June 2004

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Van Amstel, L. L., Lafleur, D. L. and Blake, K. (2004), Raising Our HEADSS: Adolescent Psychosocial Documentation in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11: 648–655. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.12.022

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Department of Emergency Medicine, Izaac Walton Killam Health Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

*Dalhousie University, Izaac Walton Killam Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Avenue, PO Box 3070, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3G9 Canada. Fax: 902-470-7216; e-mail: kblake@dal.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. Received September 17, 2003; Revision Received December 5, 2003; Accepted December 12, 2003.

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