Academic Needs in Developing Countries: A Survey of the West African College of Surgeons

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-17

  Nadler, Evan P ^a   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^b   Frederick, Wayne A I ^c   Hassoun, Heitham T ^d   Kingham, T Peter ^e   Krishnaswami, Sanjay ^f   London, Jason A ^g   Pitt, Susan C ^h   Riviello, Robert ⁱ   Rogers, Selwyn O ⁱ  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fundamentals of surgical research; international outreach

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENOMICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SURGEON;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 77950189804     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.090     Document Type: Article

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