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A (bittersweet?) taste of “American pie”: foreign medical school graduates in the US postgraduate medical work force

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103-8770, USA

    Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski

  2. Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103-8770, USA

    Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski

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Kuczkowski, K.M. A (bittersweet?) taste of “American pie”: foreign medical school graduates in the US postgraduate medical work force. Arch Gynecol Obstet 273, 131–132 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-004-0704-0

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