Vascular surgery won a battle but is losing the war: A call to arms for every vascular surgeon

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Veith, Frank J ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0037502387     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0009-y     Document Type: Editorial

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