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Attention to detail for children in pain
  1. K Bizos1,
  2. S M Smith2
  1. 1
    A&E Department, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK
  2. 2
    Emergency Department, John Radeliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr K Bizos, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury HP21 7JL, UK; Kimon.Bizos{at}buckshosp.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2008.071274

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