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Preparing for the Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Jerris R. Hedges*
Affiliation:
Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland, Oregon
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, UHN–52, Portland, OR 97201–3098USA
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Abstract

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Type
Editor's Corner
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1995

Footnotes

*

Presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians, Portland Oregon, August 1994

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