Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 351-354 , March 2007

A Primer on the Cochrane Collaboration, Its New Priorities in Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Health, and the Role of Annals of Emergency Medicine

  • Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Room 1G1.43 WMC, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7.
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  • Michael D. Brown, MD, MSc

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD

 Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02513-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.11.002

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 351-354 , March 2007

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