Does reducing interns' work hours reduce the rate of medical errors?

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Michael Bernstein et al. CMAJ. 2005.

. 2005 Feb 15;172(4):474.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.050042.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.

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Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units.
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