Mortality rates among Swedish physicians: A population-based nationwide study with special reference to anesthesiologists

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1187-1195

  Svärdsudd, Kurt ^a   Wedel, H ^b   Gordh, T ^b  

^a Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthesiologists; Longitudinal study; Mortality rate; Pediatricians; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LICENCE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; SMOKING; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036849844     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.461003.x     Document Type: Article

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