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. 2005 Jan 1;330(7481):43-4; author reply 44.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.43-c.

Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality after Bristol: paediatric cardiac hospital episode statistics are unreliable

John L Gibbs, David Cunningham, Marc de Leval, James Monro, Bruce Keogh
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Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality after Bristol: paediatric cardiac hospital episode statistics are unreliable

John L Gibbs et al. BMJ. .
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