Canadian Association of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on safety and quality indicators in endoscopy.

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Published in Can J Gastroenterol on January 01, 2012

Authors

David Armstrong1, Alan Barkun, Ron Bridges, Rose Carter, Chris de Gara, Catherine Dube, Robert Enns, Roger Hollingworth, Donald Macintosh, Mark Borgaonkar, Sylviane Forget, Grigorios Leontiadis, Jonathan Meddings, Peter Cotton, Ernst J Kuipers, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Safety and Quality Indicators in Endoscopy Consensus Group

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterrology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. armstro@mcmaster.ca

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