Paper critique as an educational method in epidemilogy

Medical Teacher

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-290

  Alexander, Neal ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PUBLICATION; READING; SKILL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038081245     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014215931000100373     Document Type: Article

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