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- This work was presented in part at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly Research Forum on October 16, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Injury Prevention Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
- Injury Prevention Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
- Kent Hospital, Warwick, Rhode Island.
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at Injury Prevention Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903; e‐mail: [email protected].