Reliability audit of a regional cardiac surgery registry

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 903-910

  Volk, T ^a   Hahn, L ^a   Hayden, R ^a   Abel, J ^a   Puterman, M L ^a   Tyers, G F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

EID: 0031469387     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70003-5     Document Type: Article

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