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The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Medical Student Career Choice

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

    Mark H. Townsend M.D.

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

    Mark H. Townsend M.D.

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Townsend, M.H. The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Medical Student Career Choice. Acad Psychiatry 36, 258–259 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.11030056

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