Ethnic diversity remains scarce in academic plastic and reconstructive surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1618-1627

  Butler, Paris D ^a   Britt, L D ^a   Longaker, Michael T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549114479     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a07610     Document Type: Article

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