The Slow-Moving Crisis of Training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

J Occup Environ Med

From the School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Published: October 2024

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003187DOI Listing

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