Authors' reply

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7756, 2010, Pages 1097-

  Smith, Toby O ^a   Sexton, Debbie ^a   Mann, Charles ^a   Donell, Simon ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 77953955357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2632     Document Type: Letter

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