Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Akl, Elie A ^a,b   El Asmar, Khalil ^c   Maroun, Nancy ^b   Adib, Salim M ^d   Khater Menassa, Beatrice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; LEBANON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; WAR; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; LEBANON; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; WAR;

EID: 53249142339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-195     Document Type: Article

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