U.S. medical students' rotations in epidemiology and public health at state and local health departments

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 799-809

  Dannenberg, Andrew L ^a   Quinlisk, M Patricia ^a   Alkon, Ellen ^a   Bera, Nathalie ^a   Cieslak, Paul R ^a   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a   Kaye, Katherine ^a   Paul, Sindy M ^a   Rubin, Judith D ^a   Sewell, C Mack ^a   Touma, Omayma ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036705844     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200208000-00009     Document Type: Article

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