Prevalence of cancer in female orthopaedic surgeons in the United States

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Chou, Loretta B ^a   Cox, Christopher A ^a   Tung, Joanna J ^a   Harris, Alex H S ^b   Brooks Terrell, Daria ^c   Sieh, Weiva ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANOMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORTHOPEDICS; STATISTICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949085293     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01691     Document Type: Article

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