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. 2025 Jul 10;26(4):1120-1121.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.47454.

A Missed Meal, A Missed Diagnosis: Why Emergency Departments Must Lead on Food Insecurity Screening

Victor Cisneros  1 , Ian Olliffe  2 , Raymen R Assaf  3
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A Missed Meal, A Missed Diagnosis: Why Emergency Departments Must Lead on Food Insecurity Screening

Victor Cisneros et al. West J Emerg Med. .
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Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.

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