Excessive Work Hours of Physicians in Training in El Salvador: Putting Patients at Risk

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2007 Jul 20

PMID 17638421

Citations 3

Authors

Kenneth R Fernandez Taylor

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