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Re: Impaired Driving Charges in Injured Impaired Drivers Requiring Emergency Department Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

John M. Tallon*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital/Coastal Health; Emergency and Health Services Commission – Medical Programs, Vancouver, BC

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Correspondance
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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