Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Emergency Medicine Journal

• Publication date

  2003-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/EMJ.20.5.402PMID 12954674PMCID PMC1726173
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