Basic demographic and professional characteristics of US women physicians

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-184

  Frank, Erica ^a   Rothenberg, Richard ^a   Virgil Brown, W ^a   Maibach, Hilda ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maibach and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030975376     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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