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Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital

Alan J. Forster, Tim R. Asmis, Heather D. Clark, Ghiath Al Saied, Catherine C. Code, Sharon C. Caughey, Kevin Baker, James Watters, Jim Worthington and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ April 13, 2004 170 (8) 1235-1240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1030683
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CMAJ Apr 2004, 170 (8) 1235-1240; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1030683

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