WARREN J. MCISAAC, MD, MSC VIVEK GOEL, MD, MSC TERESA TO, PHD JOANNE A. PERMAUL DONALD E. LOW, MD Toronto, Ontario, Canada From the Mt. Sinai Family Medicine Center, Mt. Sinai Hospital (W.J.M., J.A.P.); the Department of Microbiology, Mt. Sinai Hospital and The Toronto Hospital (D.E.L.); Population Health Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute (T.T.); and the Family Health Care Research Unit, Department of Family and Community Medicine (W.J.M.), Departments of Health Administration and Public Health Sciences (V.G., T.T.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (D.L.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. This study was presented at the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) Regional Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 2000. The authors report no competing interests. Reprint requests should be addressed to Warren J. McIsaac, MD, MSc, Mt. Sinai Family Medicine Centre, 600 University Ave., Suite 413, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X5. E-mail: wmcisaac@mtsinai.on.ca.
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Acknowledgments
This study was supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada, Grant No. MA-15088. Dr McIsaac’s work is supported by the Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Family Healthcare Research Unit of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. This study was conducted in conjunction with the National Research System of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The cooperation of the Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories is gratefully acknowledged.
