Why mandatory reporting of gunshot wounds is necessary: A response from the OMA's Executive of the Section on Emergency Medicine

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1256-1257

  Ovens, Howard ^a,b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Ontario Medical Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 2142764499     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040464     Document Type: Note

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