Risks of being an anaesthesiologist

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 756-757

  Schoeffler, Pierre ^a   Dualé, Christian ^a   Walder, Bernhard ^b  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ANESTHESIST; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 80455177144     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834c7f7e     Document Type: Note

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