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Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital
Alan J. Forster, Heather D. Clark, Alex Menard, Natalie Dupuis, Robert Chernish, Natasha Chandok, Asmat Khan and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ February 03, 2004 170 (3) 345-349;
Alan J. Forster
Heather D. Clark
Alex Menard
Natalie Dupuis
Robert Chernish
Natasha Chandok
Asmat Khan
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