Retirement age and the work force in general surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 574-582

  Jonasson, Olga ^a   Kwakwa, Francis ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; GENERAL SURGERY; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SURGEON;

AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029792933     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199610000-00015     Document Type: Article

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