Working hours of surgical residence: Perspective of a group of surgeons in a regional hospital in Hong Kong

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-66

  Lo, Siu Fai ^a   Spurgeon, Peter ^b  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limited work hours; Surgical residents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947381389     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60130-5     Document Type: Article

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