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Life Expectancy of Japanese Male Doctors by fraushai is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study analyzed the life spans of 3,982 male medical doctors who graduated from Hokkaido University School of Medicine between 1926-1974. It found that: 1) Their mean future life span at graduation was estimated to be 52.88 years, similar to the general male population. 2) The future life span of surgeons and gynecologists-obstetricians was shorter than doctors specializing in basic medical sciences and internal medicine, possibly due to greater exposure to stress, blood, and infectious diseases in t

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fraushai

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