Variations in complication rates and opportunities for improvement in quality of care for patients having abdominal aortic surgery

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Langenbeck's archives of surgery (Print)

• Publication date

  2001-03-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s004230100216PMID 11466565
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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