A cost-minimization analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus open cholecystectomy
β Scribed by Ulf Berggren; Niklas Zethraeus; Dag Arvidsson; Ulf Haglund; Bengt Jonsson
- Book ID
- 117026083
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 675 KB
- Volume
- 172
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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