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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 5/2016

01-05-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Re: “Did you write a protocol before starting your project?”

Authors: Shivanchan Rajmohan, Buket Gundogan, Riaz A. Agha

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 5/2016

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Abstract

We read the article “did you write a protocol before starting your project?” by Bando et al. In this letter, we express our opinion regarding the importance of writing protocols prior to starting projects.
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Metadata
Title
Re: “Did you write a protocol before starting your project?”
Authors
Shivanchan Rajmohan
Buket Gundogan
Riaz A. Agha
Publication date
01-05-2016
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-016-0634-3

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