Endovascular credentialing for obstetrician-gynecologists

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-75

  McLucas, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; REVIEW;

CREDENTIALING; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEIOMYOMA; OBSTETRICS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0038014231     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200303000-00010     Document Type: Review

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