Presidential address: Challenge to our specialty: The vascular surgeon in the year 2010

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 845-850

  Sicard, Gregorio A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESEARCH; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0034121832     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.106482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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