Medical education in the caribbean: Quantifying the contribution of caribbean-educated physicians to the primary care workforce in the united states

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-281

  Van Zanten, Marta ^a   Boulet, John R ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84873406790     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31827c6cd3     Document Type: Article

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