Factors associated with american board of medical specialties member board certification among US Medical School Graduates

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-970

  Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Andriole, Dorothy A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052471577     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1099     Document Type: Article

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