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Author

Paul P Rega, MD, FACEP Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine; Director of Emergency Medicine Education and Disaster Management, OMNI Health Services

Paul P Rega, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians

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Zygmunt F Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH, LHD Associate Professor, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Senior Research Scientist, Data Science IV, Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Connecticut Operations

Zygmunt F Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH, LHD is a member of the following medical societies: American Chemical Society, American Legion, American Public Health Association, Association of Military Surgeons of the US, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Polish Legion of American Veterans, Reserve Organization of America, Society of American Federal Medical Laboratory Scientists, Veterans of Foreign Wars

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Acknowledgements

The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous authors, Eric Mowatt-Larssen, MD, and David P Sole, DO, to the development and writing of this article.