Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974-2005

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lambert, Trevor W ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Bron, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 42249109196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-3     Document Type: Article

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