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Public risk from tasers: Unacceptably high or low enough to accept?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Christine A. Hall
Christine A. Hall*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Vancouver, BC; Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.

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Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 84 - 86
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2009

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