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Broken Foot (cont.)

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Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author:Robert Silbergleit, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan.

Editors:Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.


Last Editorial Review: 11/2/2007

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