Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Valji, R.H.; Mahmood, S.; Verhoeff, K.; Turner, S.R. Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency. Surgeries 2025, 6, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries6010002
Valji RH, Mahmood S, Verhoeff K, Turner SR. Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency. Surgeries. 2025; 6(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries6010002
Chicago/Turabian StyleValji, Rahim H., Sheharzad Mahmood, Kevin Verhoeff, and Simon R. Turner. 2025. "Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency" Surgeries 6, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries6010002
APA StyleValji, R. H., Mahmood, S., Verhoeff, K., & Turner, S. R. (2025). Gender Diversity in Canadian Surgical Residency. Surgeries, 6(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries6010002