Journal of Critical Care
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , March 2007

Development of an e-mail database of US intensive care physicians

  • Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, USA. Tel.: +1 215 898 8797; fax: +1 215 898 1462.
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  • Sophia A. Hussen, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Thomas S. Metkus, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Nicholas S. Ward, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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  • John M. Luce, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, WA 98104, USA

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PII: S0883-9441(07)00002-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.12.006

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , March 2007

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