Attitudes regarding surgeons' attire

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Major, Kevin ^a   Hayase, Yukiharu ^b   Balderrama, Dana ^a   Lefor, Alan T ^a,b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attire; Internet survey; Patient attitudes

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

EID: 20444495943     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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