The effectiveness and safety of emergency department short stay units: a rapid review
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چکیده
Kristin J. Konnyu is a Research Coordinator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Edmund Kwok is a resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. Becky Skidmore is an independent research and Information consultant. David Moher is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012