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Letter to the editor re: Beneath the tip of the iceberg: using electronic referrals to map the unquantified burden of clinical activity in a urology service

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Floyd, M.S. Letter to the editor re: Beneath the tip of the iceberg: using electronic referrals to map the unquantified burden of clinical activity in a urology service. Int Urol Nephrol 49, 263–264 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-016-1412-y

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