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Published in CMAJ on November 26, 2002

Authors

Paul Armstrong, Neil R Cashman, Deborah J Cook, David H Feeny, William A Ghali, Frank R de Gruijl, Judith G Hall, Carol P Herbert, Neill Iscoe, Alejandro R Jadad, Jerome P Kassirer, Finlay A McAlister, Allison J McGeer, Harriet L MacMillan, David Moher, Susan Phillips, Donald A Redelmeier, Martin T Schechter, Sander J O Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Salim Yusuf

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