Surgery
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , July 1996

Diagnostic test studies: Biotechnology assessment

    MD, FRCSC
  • Alan G. Lossing

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alan G. Lossing, MD, FRCSC, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, The Wellesley Hospital, E. K. Jones Building, Suite 206, 160 Wellesley St. E., Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1J3, Canada.
    • , RN, MSc
  • Elizabeth M. Hatswell
    • , MD, MPH, FRCSC
  • James G. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Wright is supported by a Medical Research Council Scholarship.
    • , PhD
  • Zioahan Hu
    • , MD, FRCSC
  • Robin MacLeod

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