Improving the quality of care in bariatric surgery: The volume and outcome relationship

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue , 2005, Pages 181-191

  Nguyen, Ninh T ^a   Higa, Kelvin ^b   Wilson, Samuel Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 28444469460     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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