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. 2010 Nov 21;4(1):18.
doi: 10.1186/1754-9493-4-18.

Quality assessment in surgery: mission impossible?

Daniel Dindo  1 , Pierre-Alain Clavien
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Quality assessment in surgery: mission impossible?

Daniel Dindo et al. Patient Saf Surg. .
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