The impact of a comprehensive course in advanced minimal access surgery on surgeon practice

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-12

  Birch, Daniel W ^a,c   Sample, Cliff ^a   Gupta, Rohit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33847055186     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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