The fable of Babel and building a foundation for quality

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-268

  Detterbeck, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84858314850     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318243262a     Document Type: Editorial

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