The landscape of ophthalmologists in Canada: Present and future

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Bellan, Lome ^a   Buske, Lynda ^b   Wang, Susan ^c   Buys, Yvonne M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CMAJ   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PENSIONER; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84880156571     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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