Friday and weekend hospital stays: effects on mortality

Suissa Samy, Dell’Aniello Sophie, Suissa Daniel, Ernst Pierre

Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 627-633
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Airway diseases

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