Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 396-400 , September 2007

Unanswered Questions Prompted During Pediatric Primary Care Visits

  • Chuck Norlin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Chuck Norlin, MD, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 N. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
    • ,
  • Adam L. Sharp, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind
    • ,
  • Sean D. Firth, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Received 30 September 2006 ,Accepted 30 May 2007.

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 Presented in part at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Western Region Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 29, 2005; and at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington, DC, May 15, 2005.

PII: S1530-1567(07)00095-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.05.008

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 396-400 , September 2007

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