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To the Editor:

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Michael Schull
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre and Institute for Clinical Evaluative SciencesToronto, Ont.
Muhammad Mamdani
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre and Institute for Clinical Evaluative SciencesToronto, Ont.

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2002

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