General surgery 2.0: The emergence of acute care surgery in Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Morad Hameed, S ^a   Brenneman, Frederick D ^a   Ball, Chad G ^a   Pagliarello, Joe ^a   Razek, Tarek ^a   Parry, Neil ^a   Widder, Sandy ^a   Minor, Sam ^a   Buczkowski, Andrzej ^a   MacPherson, Cailan ^a   Johner, Amanda ^a   Jenkin, Dan ^a   Wood, Leanne ^a   McLoughlin, Karen ^a   Anderson, Ian ^a   Davey, Doug ^a   Zabolotny, Brent ^a   Saadia, Roger ^a   Bracken, John ^a   Nathens, Avery ^a   Ahmed, Najma ^a   Panton, Ormond ^a   Warnock, Garth L ^a   more..

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 77950833493     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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