Readability of ASPS and ASAPS educational web sites: an analysis of consumer impact.

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Published in Plast Reconstr Surg on April 01, 2010

Authors

Oluseyi Aliu1, Kevin C Chung

Author Affiliations

1: University of Michigan Medical School and the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109-5340, USA.

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