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Ethics approval requirement for CJEM research publications: a step forward for Canadian emergency medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Merril Pauls
Merril Pauls*
Affiliation:
Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Man. and the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, GF201-820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg MB R3A 1R9; mpauls@wrha.mb.ca

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Keywords

research ethicsemergency medicine researchquality improvement
Type
Commentaries • Commentaires
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 118 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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