Surgical activity of first-year canadian neurosurgical residents

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 855-860

  Fallah, Aria ^a   Ebrahim, Shanil ^b   Haji, Faizal ^c   Gillis, Christopher ^d   Girgis, Fady ^e   Howe, Kathryn ^a   Ibrahim, George M ^a   Radic, Julia ^f   Shahideh, Mehdi ^a   Wallace, M Christopher ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 84984537575     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100051568     Document Type: Article

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