Professional interests among residency applicants in psychiatry : a pilot study of autobiographical statements

J Yager1, A R Yager, D J Siegel

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.

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