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Urban legends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jeffrey Eppler
Jeffrey Eppler*
Affiliation:
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, BC
*
Emergency Department, Kelowna General Hospital, 2268 Pandosy St., Kelowna BC V1Y 1T2; fax 250 862-4361, [email protected]

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 4
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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