Pregnancy among women surgeons: Trends over time

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-479

  Turner, Patricia L ^a,b   Lumpkins, Kimberly ^a   Gabre, Joel ^a   Lin, Maggie J ^a   Liu, Xinggang ^a   Terrin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861371761     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.1693     Document Type: Article

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