Does volume help predict outcome in surgical disease?

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue , 2005, Pages 379-453

  Khuri, Shukri F ^a   Hussaini, Bader E ^b   Kumbhani, Dharam J ^b   Healey, Nancy A ^b   Henderson, William G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 28444475220     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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