Commentary: ‘Life is a line, not a dot’

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 64-66

  Carlisle, John ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 85008419607     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.13546     Document Type: Note

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