Evidence-based surgery

Key Topics in Surgical Research and Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-26

  Ashrafian, Hutan ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^b,c   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866657258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71915-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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