Mortality and causes of death among Danish medical doctors 1973-1992

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 456-460

  Juel, Knud ^a   Mosbech, Johannes ^b   Hansen, Eva Støttrup ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Causes of death; Doctors; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE;

CAUSES OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; STUDIES; SUICIDE; VIOLENT DEATHS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; POISONING; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032993912     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.456     Document Type: Article

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