Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 70-74 , January 2010

Practice Characteristics That Influence Nonurgent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization

Received 18 September 2008 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.10.001

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 70-74 , January 2010

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