Future neurology workforce: the right kind and number of neurologists

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 897-900

  Ringel, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CONGRESSES; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; NEUROLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030119036     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.897     Document Type: Editorial

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