Orthopaedic residency applications increase after implementation of 80-hour workweek general

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1720-1724

  Anakwenze, Oke A ^a   Kancherla, Vamsi ^b   Baldwin, Keith ^a   Levine, William N ^c   Mehta, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROLOGY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84876674417     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2785-1     Document Type: Article

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