General surgery with a special interest in vascular surgery: Changing patterns of workload

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1364-1366

  Whiteley, M S ^a   Ray Chaudhuri, S B ^a   Cornes, J ^a   Michaels, J A ^a   Galland, R B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029851316     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800831011     Document Type: Article

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