Limitations of Clinical Trials in Surgery

• Authors: Grzegorz Wallner , Marek Majewski , Witold Zgodziński
• Languages of publication: EN
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 47-52

Dates

published

1 - 01 - 2013

online

16 - 03 - 2013

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Wallner

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. G. Wallner

author

Marek Majewski

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. G. Wallner

author

Witold Zgodziński

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. G. Wallner

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2013-0009