Factors Affecting Interest in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Survey of North American General Surgery Residents

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1351-1359

  Vaporciyan, Ara A ^a   Reed, Carolyn E ^b   Erikson, Clese ^c   Dill, Michael J ^c   Carpenter, Andrea J ^d   Guleserian, Kristine J ^e   Merrill, Walter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; THORAX SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64649102385     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.096     Document Type: Article

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