Weekend worriers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1164-1165

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a   Bell, Chaim M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 33947239237     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068310     Document Type: Editorial

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