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. 2004 Jan;21(1):9–13. doi: 10.1136/emj.2003.007591

Domestic violence in emergency medicine patients

A Boyle 1, S Robinson 1, P Atkinson 1
PMCID: PMC1756378  PMID: 14734366

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