Trainee fatigue: are new limits on work hours enough?

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Steven K Howard et al. CMAJ. 2004.

. 2004 Mar 16;170(6):975-6.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1031613.

¹ Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif 94304, USA.

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Fellowship training, workload, fatigue and physical stress: a prospective observational study.
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