Shortage of female cardiologists: Exploring the issues

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1022-1025

  Saxon, Leslie A ^a   Rao, Anupama K ^a   Klarich, Kyle W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; TEACHER;

EID: 51349091880     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.9.1022     Document Type: Note

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