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SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

FIELD TRIAGE SYSTEMS: METHODOLOGIES FROM THE LITERATURE

David C. Cone Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine (DCC, RB), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Department of Emergency Medicine (TAS), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and the Department of Pediatrics (NCM), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Robert Benson Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine (DCC, RB), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Department of Emergency Medicine (TAS), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and the Department of Pediatrics (NCM), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Terri A. Schmidt Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine (DCC, RB), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Department of Emergency Medicine (TAS), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and the Department of Pediatrics (NCM), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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N. Clay Mann Division of EMS, Section of Emergency Medicine (DCC, RB), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Department of Emergency Medicine (TAS), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and the Department of Pediatrics (NCM), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pages 130-137 | Published online: 28 Aug 2009

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