Admission decisions in emergency department chest pain patients at low risk for myocardial infarction: patient versus physician preferences.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on December 01, 1996

Authors

M A Davis1, A Keerbs, J R Hoffman, L J Baraff

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1: UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, USA.

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