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Close only counts in horseshoes and … triage?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eric Grafstein
Eric Grafstein*
Affiliation:
Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence Health Care, and St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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[email protected]

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Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , July 2004 , pp. 288 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

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