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The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada
G. Ross Baker, Peter G. Norton, Virginia Flintoft, Régis Blais, Adalsteinn Brown, Jafna Cox, Ed Etchells, William A. Ghali, Philip Hébert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Maeve O'Beirne, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Robert J. Reid, Sam Sheps and Robyn Tamblyn
CMAJ May 25, 2004 170 (11) 1678-1686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1040498
G. Ross Baker
Peter G. Norton
Virginia Flintoft
Régis Blais
Adalsteinn Brown
Jafna Cox
Ed Etchells
William A. Ghali
Philip Hébert
Sumit R. Majumdar
Maeve O'Beirne
Luz Palacios-Derflingher
Robert J. Reid
Sam Sheps

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The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada
G. Ross Baker, Peter G. Norton, Virginia Flintoft, Régis Blais, Adalsteinn Brown, Jafna Cox, Ed Etchells, William A. Ghali, Philip Hébert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Maeve O'Beirne, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Robert J. Reid, Sam Sheps, Robyn Tamblyn
CMAJ May 2004, 170 (11) 1678-1686; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040498
The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada
G. Ross Baker, Peter G. Norton, Virginia Flintoft, Régis Blais, Adalsteinn Brown, Jafna Cox, Ed Etchells, William A. Ghali, Philip Hébert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Maeve O'Beirne, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Robert J. Reid, Sam Sheps, Robyn Tamblyn
CMAJ May 2004, 170 (11) 1678-1686; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040498
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