Monitoring surgical mortality

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7500, 2005, Pages 1098-1099

  Baxter, Nancy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYPASS SURGERY; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; SCOTLAND; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 18744411822     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1098     Document Type: Editorial

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