Mortality among Norwegian doctors 1960-2000

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aasland, Olaf G ^a,b   Hem, Erlend ^b   Haldorsen, Tor ^c   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b,d  

^a Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; THEOLOGY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; DENTISTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; POLICE; SUICIDE; THEOLOGY;

EID: 79953122875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-173     Document Type: Article

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