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Education and Practice

Development of a Child Abuse Checklist to Evaluate Prehospital Provider Performance

, BS, , MD, MSci, , MD, , BS, NREMT-P, , RN, MSN, CPEN, , MSN, APRN, NP-C, , MPH & , MD show all
Pages 222-232 | Received 12 Jul 2016, Accepted 17 Aug 2016, Published online: 04 Oct 2016

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