Future plans of Iraqi physicians in Jordan: Predictors of migration

International Migration

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Malik, Sana ^a   Doocy, Shannon ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; VIOLENCE;

IRAQ; JORDAN;

EID: 84904763570     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12059     Document Type: Article

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