US medical schools and the rural family physician gender gap

Family Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 331-337

  Ellsbury, Kathleen E ^a   Doescher, Mark P ^b   Hart, L Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034124284     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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