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Re: Impaired Driving Charges in Injured Impaired Drivers Requiring Emergency Department Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

John M. Tallon
John M. Tallon*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital/Coastal Health; Emergency and Health Services Commission – Medical Programs, Vancouver, BC

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Type
Letters • Correspondance
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , July 2013 , pp. 197
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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