Emergency department sedation guidelines: A tale of two specialties

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-139

  Innes, Grant ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 53949118646     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500003687     Document Type: Editorial

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