Reducing the global burden of sepsis

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine (Dugani), St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Veillard), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice (Veillard), The World Bank Group, Washington DC; University of British Columbia and British Columbia Children's Hospital (Kissoon), Vancouver, BC.
² Division of Internal Medicine (Dugani), St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Veillard), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice (Veillard), The World Bank Group, Washington DC; University of British Columbia and British Columbia Children's Hospital (Kissoon), Vancouver, BC nkissoon@cw.bc.ca.

Sagar Dugani et al. CMAJ. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 9;189(1):E2-E3.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160798.

¹ Division of Internal Medicine (Dugani), St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Veillard), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice (Veillard), The World Bank Group, Washington DC; University of British Columbia and British Columbia Children's Hospital (Kissoon), Vancouver, BC.
² Division of Internal Medicine (Dugani), St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Veillard), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice (Veillard), The World Bank Group, Washington DC; University of British Columbia and British Columbia Children's Hospital (Kissoon), Vancouver, BC nkissoon@cw.bc.ca.

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