Performance measures of surgeon-performed colonoscopy in a Veterans Affairs medical center
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Endoscopy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0930-2794,1432-2218
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0358-x