The influence of race and gender on family physicians' annual incomes

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 548-556

  Weeks, William B ^a,b   Wallace, Amy ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750947121     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.548     Document Type: Article

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