Ethnic and gender variations in university applicants to United Kingdom medical and dental schools

British Dental Journal

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 212-215

  Bedi, R ^a   Gilthorpe, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHINA; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 0034718260     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800725a     Document Type: Article

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