A hospital/school science fair mentoring program for middle school students

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 PART 3, 1997, Pages

  Torres, B ^a,b,c   Harris, R F ^a,b,c   Lockwood, D ^a,b,c   Johnson, J ^a,b,c   Mirabal, R ^a,b,c   Wells, D T ^a,b,c   Pacheco, M ^a,b,c   Soussou, H ^a,b,c   Robb, F ^a,b,c   Kuhn Weissman, G ^a,b,c   Gwosdow, A R ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b James P Timilty Middle School   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outreach program; Science education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCIENCE; TEACHER; URBAN POPULATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MENTORS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0031308248     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.1997.273.6.s47     Document Type: Article

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