Is there a medical brain drain?

Economie Internationale

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 101-126

  Chojnicki, Xavier ^a   Oden Defoort, Cécily ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b EQUIPPE   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence; International migration; Medical brain drain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856814042     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s2110-7017(13)60021-9     Document Type: Article

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