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Reply to Ciavarella and Ritter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Evelyn Lo
Affiliation:
St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lindsay E. Nicolle*
Affiliation:
Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Health Sciences Center, 820 Sherbrook St., Room GG443, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R9, Canada ([email protected])
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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