Mortality of doctors in Taiwan

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Shang, T F ^a,b   Chen, P C ^b,c   Wang, J D ^b,c,d  

^a Bureau of International Cooperation   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Doctors; Mortality; Standardized mortality ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650619083     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq159     Document Type: Article

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