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Time is brain: An online controlling of traffic lights can save lives
  1. Amin Amiri1,
  2. Reza Vafaeinezhad2,
  3. Mahmoud R Azarpazhooh1,3,4
  1. 1 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  2. 2 Head of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  3. 3 Department of Clinical Neurological Science, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  4. 4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Professor Mahmoud R Azarpazhooh, Department of Clinical Neurological Science, University Hospital, London Health Science Center, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; azarpazhoohmr{at}mums.ac.ir

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206888

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    Footnotes

    • AA and RV are joint first authors.

    • Contributors All authors equally contributed to the study design, acquisition of data and writing the paper. AA was also responsible for the study analysis. RV and MRA were responsible for the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. MRA was involved in the study supervision.

    • Funding This research was funded by the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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