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. 2000 Jun;172(6):390-3.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.390.

Epidemiology of medical error

SN Weingart  1 , McL Wilson R, RW Gibberd, B Harrison
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Epidemiology of medical error

SN Weingart et al. West J Med. 2000 Jun.
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