Mortality of doctors in different specialties: Findings from a cohort of 20 000 NHS hospital consultants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 388-395

  Carpenter, Lucy M ^a   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^c   Fear, Nicola T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical profession; Occupational mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030749975     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.6.388     Document Type: Article

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