The battle against antimicrobial resistance: time for the emergency department to join the fight.

JAMA Pediatr

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento6University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento.

Published: May 2015

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