Users' guide to the surgical literature: How to use a decision analysis

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-409

  Mastracci, Tara M ^a   Thoma, Achilleas ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a   Tandon, Ved R ^a   Cinà, Claudio S ^a,b   Archibald, Stuart ^b,c   Baillie, Frank ^b,c,e   Bhandari, Mohit ^b,c,e   Cadeddu, Margherita ^b,c   Cornacchi, Sylvie ^b,c   Goldsmith, Charles H ^b,c,d   Haines, Ted ^c,d   Hansebout, Robert ^b,c   Levis, Carolyn ^b,c   Simunovic, Marko ^b,c,d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph's Healthcare ^*  (New Zealand)

^c Surgical Outcomes Research Centre

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 35548952630     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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