The maturation of a specialty: Workforce projections for endocrine surgery

Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 876-883

  Sosa, Julie Ann ^a   Wang, Tracy S ^a   Yeo, Heather L ^a   Mehta, Pritesh J ^a   Boudourakis, Leon ^a   Udelsman, Robert ^a   Roman, Sanziana A ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADRENALECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36549064639     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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