Safety and efficacy of interventional procedures

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7385, 2003, Pages 347-348

  Campbell, Bruce ^a   Maddern, Guy ^b  

^a Natl Inst for Clinical Excellence   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037442368     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.347     Document Type: Editorial

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