International Medical Graduates in General Surgery: Increasing Needs, Decreasing Numbers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 990-996

  Terhune, Kyla P ^a   Zaydfudim, Victor ^a   Abumrad, Naji N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LICENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SURGEON; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952526919     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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