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Children's Hospital, London Health Science Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
Anna Jarvis
Affiliation:
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Louise LeBlanc
Affiliation:
Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Jocelyn Gravel
Affiliation:
CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
the CTAS National Working Group (NWG)
Affiliation:
includes Representatives of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), National Emergency Nurses Affiliation (NENA), l'Association des médecins d'urgence du Québec (AMUQ), the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC)
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Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Rm. E1–108, London Health Science Center, 800 Commissioners Rd. E., London ON N6A 5W9; David.Warren@lhsc.on.ca
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