Race disparities in U.S. nephrology fellowship training

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-394

  Onumah, Chavon ^a   Kimmel, Paul L ^b   Rosenberg, Mark E ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951891232     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04450510     Document Type: Article

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