Statistical methods in the surgical literature

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-484

  Kurichi, Jibby E ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 4 Silverstein Box 4283 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

EID: 33644829257     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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