Postgraduate training in infectious diseases: Investigating the current status in the international community

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 440-449

  Cooke, Fiona J ^a,b,e   Choubina, Prabha ^c   Holmes, Alison H ^a,d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SKILL; TRAINING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 20544453578     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70165-1     Document Type: Review

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