Factors associated with changing levels of interest in primary care during medical school

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1011-1015

  Xu, Gang ^a,b   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Brigham, Timothy P ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brintnall and Nicolini Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; EXPERIENCE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PLANNING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032883013     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199909000-00015     Document Type: Article

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