The black and white of dental education in the United States enrollment and graduation trends

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 536-543

  Brown, Ronald S ^a   Schwartz, Joel L ^b   Coleman Bennett, Michele ^b   Sanders Jr , Charles F ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental school; Minority enrollment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034326716     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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