Ob-Gyn Gender Preferences of Gynecology Ambulatory Patients and Students' Choice of the Specialty

Miriam da Silva Wanderley; Dejano Tavares Sobral

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1606840

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, Table of Contents

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2017; 39(12): 645-646
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606840

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Ob-Gyn Gender Preferences of Gynecology Ambulatory Patients and Students' Choice of the Specialty

Preferência de gênero de ginecologistas-obstetras entre pacientes de ambulatório de ginecologia e escolha da especialidade por estudantes

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Miriam da Silva Wanderley

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Dejano Tavares Sobral

²Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil

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