The relationship between hospital volume and post-operative mortality rates for upper gastrointestinal cancer resections: Scotland 1982-2003.

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Published in Eur J Surg Oncol on October 30, 2009

Authors

R J E Skipworth1, R W Parks, N A Stephens, C Graham, D H Brewster, O J Garden, S Paterson-Brown

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. rskipworth@hotmail.com

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