Career preference and personality differences in medical school applicants

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-248

  Mcmanus, I C ^a   Lefford, F ^a   Furnham, A F ^a   Shahidi, S ^a   Pincus, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001372508     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548509608402221     Document Type: Article

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