What influences national and foreign physicians' geographic distribution? An analysis of medical doctors' residence location in Portugal

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Russo, Giuliano ^a   Ferrinho, Paulo ^a   de Sousa, Bruno ^a   Conceição, Cláudia ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84863102746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-12     Document Type: Article

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