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A policy analysis of major decisions relating to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and the blood supply

Kumanan Wilson, Paul C. Hébert, Andreas Laupacis, Christopher Dornan, Maura Ricketts, Nadya Ahmad and Ian Graham
CMAJ July 10, 2001 165 (1) 59-65;
Kumanan Wilson
From the *University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa, Ont.; the †Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.; the §World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and the ¶Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Paul C. Hébert
From the *University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa, Ont.; the †Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.; the §World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and the ¶Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Andreas Laupacis
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Christopher Dornan
From the *University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa, Ont.; the †Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.; the §World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and the ¶Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Maura Ricketts
From the *University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa, Ont.; the †Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.; the §World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and the ¶Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
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Nadya Ahmad
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Ian Graham
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vol. 165 no. 1 59-65
PubMed 
11468958
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  • Published online July 10, 2001.
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  1. Kumanan Wilson*,
  2. Paul C. Hébert*,
  3. Andreas Laupacis†,
  4. Christopher Dornan,
  5. Maura Ricketts§,
  6. Nadya Ahmad¶,
  7. Ian Graham¶
  1. From the *University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa, Ont.; the †Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.; the ‡School of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont.; the §World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; and the ¶Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Kumanan Wilson, ENG-254, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto ON M5G 2C4; fax 416 595-5826; kumanan.wilson@uhn.on.ca
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