Predictors of missed appointments in prospective hand surgery research

Hand

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-180

  Ootes, Daan ^a   Buijze, Geert A ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand surgery research; Missed appointments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861182363     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-012-9411-7     Document Type: Article

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