Examination of the trend in Canada toward geographic centralization of aneurysm surgery during the endovascular era

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Forbes, Thomas L ^a   Lawlor, D Kirk ^a   DeRose, Guy ^a   Harris, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 29744454170     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-9102-8     Document Type: Article

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