Maintenance of certification: 20 years later

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-185

  Levinson, Wendy ^a   Holmboe, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 79551668953     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.09.019     Document Type: Note

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