Vascular surgery training and certification: An international perspective

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-629

  Cronenwett, Jack L ^a   Liapis, Christos D ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CERTIFICATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548832997     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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