Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department

Rucha Alur; Erin Hall; Utsha Khatri; Sara Jacoby; Eugenia South; Elinore J. Kaufman

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.2595

Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department

Rucha Alur
, Erin Hall
, Utsha Khatri
, Sara Jacoby
, Eugenia South
, Elinore J. Kaufman

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12 Scopus citations

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	852-854
Number of pages	3
Journal	JAMA Surgery
Volume	157
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2022.2595
State	Published - Sep 2022

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