Exploring limits for data registration in the context of PROCARE, a quality improvement project on rectal cancer

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 15-23

  Vandendael, T ^b   Penninckx, F ^a   Bertrand, C ^b   Ceelen, W ^b   Danse, Etienne ^b   Demetter, Pieter ^b   Haustermans, Karin ^b   Lauren, Stéphanie ^b   Molle, Gaetan ^b   Vandestadt, Jean ^b   Van Laethem, Jean Luc ^b   Vindevoghel, Koen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

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EID: 84856733682     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2012.11680790     Document Type: Article

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