A time and motion study of patients presenting at the accident and emergency department at Mater Dei Hospital

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Azzopardi, Matthias ^a   Cauchi, Marija ^a   Cutajar, Karl ^a   Ellul, Robert ^a   Mallia Azzopardi, Charles ^a   Grech, Victor ^a  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

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EID: 80054093206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-421     Document Type: Article

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