Process Improvement in Thoracic Donor Organ Procurement: Implementation of a Donor Assessment Checklist
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.083