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Accommodating pregnant emergency physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Lisa A. Calder*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
A. Adam Cwinn
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa
*
The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, F658, Box 685, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9; lcalder@ohri.ca

Abstract

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Type
Editorial • Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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