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Preventive health in the emergency department: Is our safety net becoming too big?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Robert Beveridge
Robert Beveridge*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University; VP Health Informatics & Medical Administration, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Saint John, NB
*
PO Box 2100, Saint John NB E2L 4L2; tel 506 648-6702; drbob_beveridge@bigfoot.com

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Type
Editorial • Éditorial
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 80
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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