Racial and ethnic diversity in orthopaedic surgery residency programs

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 18, 2011, Pages e107(1)-

  Okike, Kanu ^a   Utuk, Mekeme E ^b   White, Augustus A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 80053219217     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00108     Document Type: Article

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