The American board of family medicine certification examination: A proxy for quality

Family Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 433-434

  Puffer, James ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CUSTODY; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

CERTIFICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PROXY; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 79958825505     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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