Assessing the plastic surgery workforce: A template for the future of plastic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 736-746

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a,b,c,d   McGrath, Mary H ^a,b,c,d   Lawrence, W Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Ahmad, Jamil ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b San Francisco Medical Center ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETIREMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76949098868     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c830ec     Document Type: Article

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