Variation in annual volume at a university hospital does not predict mortality for pancreatic resections

HPB Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mukhtar, Rita A ^a   Kattan, Omar M ^a   Harris, Hobart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65749118507     PISSN: 08948569     EISSN: 16078462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/190914     Document Type: Article

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