Original contributionEpidemiology of pediatric prehospital care
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Presented at the University Association for Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, May 1986.
Research grant provided by Medical Research Committee, Valley Medical Center, Fresno, California. Computer analysis provided by the Computer Center, University of California San Francisco, Fresno, California.