Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 293-295 , March 2002

Improving the dissemination of systematic reviews in emergency medicine

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☆ Reprints not available from the authors. Address for correspondence: Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, 1G1.63 WMC, 8440-112th Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7 Canada; 780-407-6707, fax 780-407-6707; E-mail: brian.rowe@ualberta.ca

PII: S0196-0644(02)50533-3

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.122056

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 293-295 , March 2002

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