Characterizing the general surgery workforce in rural America

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-79

  Thompson, Matthew J ^a,c   Lynge, Dana Christian ^a   Larson, Eric H ^a,b   Tachawachira, Pantipa ^b   Hart, L Gary ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144253142     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.1.74     Document Type: Article

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