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Your cheatin’ heart

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Bjug Borgundvaag
Bjug Borgundvaag*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Research, Division of Emergency Services, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
*
University of Toronto, Division of Emergency Services, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Rm. 206, Toronto ON M5G 1X5; 416 586-4800 x2144, fax 416 586-4719 b.borgundvaag@utoronto.ca

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Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , March 2003 , pp. 124 - 126
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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