Who performs endocrine operations in the United States?

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 924-931

  Saunders, Brian D ^a,b   Wainess, Reid M ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Doherty, Gerard M ^a   Upchurch, Gilbert R ^a   Gauger, Paul G ^a   Chen, Herbert ^c   Shaha, Ashok R ^c   Hodin, Richard A ^c   Borman, Karen R ^c   Grant, Clive S ^c   Danto, Lawrence A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 10744228907     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00420-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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