Quality of narrative operative reports in pancreatic surgery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wiebe, Meagan E ^a   Sandhu, Lakhbir ^a   Takata, Julie L ^a   Kennedy, Erin D ^a,b   Baxter, Nancy N ^b,c   Gagliardi, Anna R ^a,b   Urbach, David R ^a,b   Wei, Alice C ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84885646631     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.028611     Document Type: Article

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