Effect of undergraduate college major on performance in medical school

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1006-1008

  Smith, Stephen R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031670672     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199809000-00023     Document Type: Article

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