Identifying quality problems: Prospects for improvement

Total Quality Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-552

  Smith, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 1542426692     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544129610630     Document Type: Article

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