The impact of template format on the completeness of surgical pathology reports

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-124

  Renshaw, Scott A ^a   Mena Allauca, Mercy ^a   Touriz, Michelle ^a   Renshaw, Andrew ^a   Gould, Edwin W ^a  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 84892761224     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0733-OA     Document Type: Article

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