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Pediatric emergency medicine: a world of potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Niranjan Kissoon  and
Ran D. Goldman
Niranjan Kissoon*
Affiliation:
Acute and Critical Care Programs, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Ran D. Goldman
Affiliation:
Pediatric Emergency Department, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
*
University of British Columbia, Children’s Hospital, Rm K4-105, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver BC V6H 3V4; [email protected]

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Type
Editorial • Éditorial
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 453 - 455
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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