Clinical governance and the vascular surgeon

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 766-770

  Irvine, C D ^a,b   Grayson, D ^a   Lusby, R J ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CALCULATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0034044809     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01473.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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