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  1. Division of General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute; Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Room 449, 600 University Avenue, M5G 1X5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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McLeod, R.S. Instilling a Culture of Evidence-Based Surgery in Canada. World J Surg 31, 1551–1555 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9133-0

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