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Metadata
Title
Design of patient-reported outcome instruments within plastic surgery—a short primer on methodology
Author
Shehab Jabir
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-013-0911-7

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