From Quality Control and Quality Assurance to Assured Quality

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-194

  Fallon, Kevin D ^a   Ehrmeyer, Sharon S ^b   Laessig, Ronald H ^b   Mansouri, Sohrab ^a   Ancy, John J ^c  

^a INOVA DIAGNOSTICS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c St Elizabeth Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 3242741023     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00134384-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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