Fellow or foe: The impact of fellowship training programs on the education of Canadian urology residents

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-37

  Grober, Ethan D ^a,b   Elterman, Dean S ^a   Jewett, Michael A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Murray Koffler Urologic Wellness Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 70350344526     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.522     Document Type: Article

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