Introduction to assessing quality in higher medical education in Iran: Challenges and perspectives

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Bazargan, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

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EID: 0002098739     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832990050106     Document Type: Article

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