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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.
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.
Andreas Laupacis
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.
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.
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.
Nadya Ahmad
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.
Ian Graham
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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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, Ian Graham
CMAJ Jul 2001, 165 (1) 59-65;
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