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Use of point of care sonography by emergency physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2015

Ryan J. Henneberry ,
Amanda Hanson ,
Andrew Healey ,
Guy Hebert ,
Urbain Ip ,
Mark Mensour ,
Pierre Mikhail ,
Steve Miller ,
Steve Socransky  and
Michael Woo
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Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 106 - 112
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2012

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