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Oh Data, Where Are Ye? Using Administrative Databases in Epilepsy Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Samuel Wiebe and
Nathalie Jette
Samuel Wiebe
Affiliation:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nathalie Jette
Affiliation:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2009, pp. 2 - 3
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