The diminishing presence of plastic surgeons in hand surgery: A critical analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 248-260

  Higgins, James P ^a,b  

^a Curtis National Hand Center   (United States)

^b American Society for Surgery of the Hand   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; HAND; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLASTIC SURGERY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HAND; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149129208     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c496a2c     Document Type: Review

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