Outcomes research in endoscopy: Current status and future directions

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 374-376

  Cooper, G S ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030693407     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70132-9     Document Type: Editorial

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