Attitudes of applicants for surgical residency toward work hour limitations

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-135

  Miller, George ^a   Bamboat, Zubin M ^a   Allen, Frederick ^a   Hopkins, Mary Ann ^a   Gouge, Thomas H ^a   Riles, Thomas S ^a   Nalbandian, Matthew M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Residency; Surgery; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; WORK;

EID: 3142738731     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.066     Document Type: Article

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