The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 709-710 , August 2010

Trouble in Transit

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 Robert G. Stern, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: All the authors of this manuscript report no conflicts of interest.

 Authorship: All the authors had access to the data and played a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(10)00247-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.03.006

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 8 , Pages 709-710 , August 2010

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