On Affirmative Action

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 275, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 572-574

  Nickens, Herbert W ^a   Cohen, Jordan J ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MINORITY GROUP; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

MINORITY GROUPS; POLITICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030596243     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1996.03530310078046     Document Type: Article

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