Characteristics of international medical graduates who applied to the CaRMS 2002 match

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1119-1123

  Crutcher, Rodney A ^a   Banner, Sandra R ^b   Szafran, Olga ^b   Watanabe, Mamoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0037738773     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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