Research ArticleOriginal Research
The Influence of Race and Gender on Family Physicians’ Annual Incomes
William B. Weeks and Amy Wallace
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2006, 19 (6) 548-556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.548
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Vol. 19, Issue 6
November-December 2006
The Influence of Race and Gender on Family Physicians’ Annual Incomes
William B. Weeks, Amy Wallace
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2006, 19 (6) 548-556; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.548
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