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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

P UBLIC S AFETY A NSWERING P OINT R EADINESS FOR W IRELESS E-911 IN N EW Y ORK S TATE

Bob W. Bailey Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
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Jay M. Scott Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
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Lawrence H. Brown Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
Pages 199-203 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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