Factors affecting attrition in graduate surgical education

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 963-966

  Kohanzadeh, Som ^a   Hayase, Yukiharu ^b   Lefor, Maarten K ^a   Nagata, Yasuhiro ^c   Lefor, Alan T ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449085457     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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