Determining the common medical presenting problems to an accident and emergency department.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on May 01, 2001

Authors

K Armon1, T Stephenson, V Gabriel, R MacFaul, P Eccleston, U Werneke, S Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Academic Division of Child Health, School of Human Development, Medical Faculty, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. mk.armon@ntlworld.com

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