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Effect of flu immunization programs on ED volumes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eric Grafstein*
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Abstract

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

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