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Building a Pan-Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network: Initial Development and Moving Forward

Richard Birtwhistle, Karim Keshavjee, Anita Lambert-Lanning, Marshall Godwin, Michelle Greiver, Donna Manca and Claudia Lagacé
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2009, 22 (4) 412-422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.090081
Richard Birtwhistle
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Anita Lambert-Lanning
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Marshall Godwin
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Michelle Greiver
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