Choosing a specialty in medicine: Female medical students and radiology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 897-900

  Fielding, Julia R ^a   Major, Nancy M ^b   Mullan, Brian F ^c   Neutze, Janet A ^d   Shaffer, Kitt ^e,f   Wilcox, Claire B ^a   Paynter, Lauren ^g   Pisano, Etta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Radiology education; Radiology practice

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE MEDICAL STUDENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 33947684351     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0539     Document Type: Review

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