Do women residents delay childbearing due to perceived career threats?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 640-646

  Willett, Lisa L ^a   Wellons, Melissa F ^b   Hartig, Jason R ^a,c   Roenigk, Lindsey ^c   Panda, Mukta ^d   Dearinger, Angela T ^e   Allison, Jeroan ^f   Houston, Thomas K ^f,g  

^a and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77951688593     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2cb5b     Document Type: Article

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