Value of an objective assessment tool in the operating room

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-122

  Hiemstra, Ellen ^a   Kolkman, Wendela ^a   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   Trimbos, Baptist ^a   Jansen, Frank Willem ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79953254177     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.032909     Document Type: Article

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