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spellingShingle Buell, Danielle, Hemmelgarn, Brenda R, Straus, Sharon E, BMJ Open, Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study, General Medicine
title Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study
title_full Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study
title_fullStr Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study
title_full_unstemmed Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study
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title_sort proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in canada: a retrospective observational study
title_unstemmed Proportion of women presenters at medical grand rounds at major academic centres in Canada: a retrospective observational study
topic General Medicine
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019796