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A Tale of Two Emergency Visits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Sarah M. Reid*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Correspondance
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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