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Emergency medicine certification in Canada: the years march on but the questions remain the same

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Riyad B. Abu-Laban*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Ave., Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9; abulaban@interchange.ubc.ca

Abstract

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Type
Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2008

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