Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 255-256 , February 2010

The performance effects of sleep deprivation and fatigue

  • Colin Sugden, MB, ChB, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Colin Sugden, MB, ChB, MRCS, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, St Mary's Hospital Campus, 2237220 Praed Street, London WS 1NY, UK.
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  • Ara Darzi, KBE, MD, FRCS, FACS, FMedSci

,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00572-8

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.031

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 255-256 , February 2010

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