Specific Interventions to Increase Women's Interest in Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Snyder, Rebecca A ^a   Bills, James L ^a   Phillips, Sharon E ^a   Tarpley, Margaret J ^a   Tarpley, John L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY;

EID: 55949109479     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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