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. xiyama.xm@gmail.com.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Comment

Xiya Ma et al. World J Surg. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;44(9):3188-3189.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05624-w.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Universite de Montreal, 2900 Edouard Montpetit Blvd, Montreal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada. xiyama.xm@gmail.com.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Authors' Reply: Cultural Barriers for Women in Surgery: How Thick is the Glass Ceiling? An Analysis from a Low Middle-Income Country.
Inam H, Janjua MB, Malik M. Inam H, et al. World J Surg. 2020 Sep;44(9):3190-3191. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05640-w. World J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32535644 No abstract available.

Cultural Barriers for Women in Surgery: How Thick is the Glass Ceiling? An Analysis from a Low Middle-Income Country.
Inam H, Janjua M, Martins RS, Zahid N, Khan S, Sattar AK, Darbar A, Akram S, Faruqui N, Khan SM, Lakhani G, Gillani M, Hashmi SA, Enam A, Haider AH, Malik MA. Inam H, et al. World J Surg. 2020 Sep;44(9):2870-2878. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05544-9. World J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32372142

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