Community characteristics that attract physicians in Japan: A cross-sectional analysis of community demographic and economic factors

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Matsumoto, Masatoshi ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^b   Noguchi, Satomi ^b   Toyokawa, Satoshi ^b   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 61849110446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-12     Document Type: Article

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