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Research Article

Quality-of-Life Measurement in Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials

Joanne C. Clifton Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Richard J. Finley Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pages 253-258 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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