Effect of the Veterans Affairs Medical System on plastic surgery residency training

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 656-660

  Ravin, Adam G ^a   Gottlieb, Neil B ^a   Wang, Howard T ^a   Meade, Ricardo A ^a   Humphrey, J Stewart ^a   Schwarz, Karl W ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a   Erdmann, Detlev ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33644853789     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000197216.95544.f7     Document Type: Article

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