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. 2010 Winter;21(4):155-6.

doi: 10.1155/2010/769408.

The accidental medical tourist

Kevin B Laupland¹, David N Fisman

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Affiliation

¹ Departments of Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Calgary, Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta;

PMID: 22132001
PMCID: PMC3009575
DOI: 10.1155/2010/769408

The accidental medical tourist

Kevin B Laupland et al. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2010 Winter.

. 2010 Winter;21(4):155-6.

doi: 10.1155/2010/769408.

Authors

Kevin B Laupland¹, David N Fisman

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Calgary, Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta;

PMID: 22132001
PMCID: PMC3009575
DOI: 10.1155/2010/769408

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