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Increasing the Appeal of Neurosurgery to Qualified Medical Students in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Mitchell P. Wilson  and
Jeffrey A. Pugh
Mitchell P. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jeffrey A. Pugh
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Department of Neurosciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
2C3.74 MHSC 8440-112 Street, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2B7, Canada. Email: mitch.wilson@ualberta.ca
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , September 2012 , pp. 667 - 669
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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