Medical specialty and the incidence of divorce

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 800-803

  Rollman, Bruce L ^a   Mead, Lucy A ^b   Wang, Nae Yuh ^b   Klag, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031043097     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199703133361112     Document Type: Article

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