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How to diagnose a Canadian: a case of foreign body ingestion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Jeff H. Yoo*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Hans Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Y 1J8; jeffhyoo@gmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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