The importance of quality indicators: a call to action.

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Published in Can Urol Assoc J on December 01, 2009

Authors

Larry Goldenberg1, John Trachtenberg, Fred Saad

Author Affiliations

1: Professor and Head, Department of Urologic Sciences, UBC, Vancouver, BC;

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