The MD-PhD researcher: What species of investigator?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 454-459

  Sutton, Jennifer ^a,b   Killian, Charles D ^b  

^a Division of Biomedical Research   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029929140     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199605000-00013     Document Type: Article

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