Primary care specialty choices of United States medical graduates, 1997-2006

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 947-958

  Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   Whelan, Alison J ^a   Andriole, Dorothy A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MO   (United States)

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EID: 77953152295     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181dbe77d     Document Type: Article

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