Changes in services for students with learning disabilities in U.S. and Canadian medical schools, 1991 to 1997

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1290-1293

  Faigel, Harris C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032438583     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199812000-00020     Document Type: Article

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