PPPs-Twenty Years and Counting

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2125-2126

  Sommer, Alfred ^a   Abbott, Richard L ^a   Lum, Flora ^a   Hoskins Jr , H Dunbar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE CARE; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL;

HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56549090019     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.09.032     Document Type: Editorial

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