Establishing milestones in urology training: A survey of the Canadian academy of urological surgeons

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Nayan, Madhur ^a   Houle, Anne Marie ^b   McDougall, Elspeth ^c   Fried, Gerald M ^d   Andonian, Sero ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 84862752677     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.11248     Document Type: Article

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