Implications of shift work for junior doctors

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7597, 2007, Pages 777-778

  Ahmed Little, Yasmin ^a  

^a NHS Northwest   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 34247482007     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39154.516667.be     Document Type: Short Survey

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