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Competency and Competence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Marvin L. Birnbaum and
Elaine K. Daily
Marvin L. Birnbaum
Affiliation:
Editor-in-Chief, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Elaine K. Daily
Affiliation:
President, Nursing Section, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
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Editor's Corner
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2009, pp. 1 - 2
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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