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Letter to the Editor: Cultural Barriers for Women in Surgery—How Thick is the Glass Ceiling? An Analysis from a Low-Middle-Income Country

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal, 2900 Edouard Montpetit Blvd, Montreal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada

    Xiya Ma

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jessica G. Y. Luc

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Ma, X., Luc, J.G.Y. Letter to the Editor: Cultural Barriers for Women in Surgery—How Thick is the Glass Ceiling? An Analysis from a Low-Middle-Income Country. World J Surg 44, 3188–3189 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05624-w

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