Health care reform and graduate medical education in ophthalmology

Richard K. Parrish; Jeanette Mladenovic; Steven J. Gedde

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2010.10.017

Health care reform and graduate medical education in ophthalmology

Richard K. Parrish, Jeanette Mladenovic, Steven J. Gedde

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	572-574.e1
Journal	American journal of ophthalmology
Volume	151
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2010.10.017
State	Published - Apr 2011

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Ophthalmology

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