Mortality rates among physicians - How should the data be interpreted?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1183-1184

  Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANESTHESIST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0036850598     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.461001.x     Document Type: Editorial

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