The Very Busy Urban Surgeon: Another Face of the Evermore Obvious Shortage of General Surgeons

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-147

  Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a   Vitale, David S ^a   Qadan, Motaz ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; RURAL AREA; SKIN SURGERY; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGEON; URBAN AREA; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67349135639     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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