Challenges to implementation of medical residency programs in china: A five-year study of attrition from west China Hospital

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1203-1208

  Wang, Xing Yue ^a   Rodríguez, A Chapin ^a   Shu, Ming Rong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77954889400     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e1388a     Document Type: Article

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