Development and validation of a model that predicts the academic ranking of first-year pharmacy students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 388-394

  Chisholm, Marie A ^a,c   Cobb, Henry H ^a   DiPiro, Joseph T ^a   Lauthenschlager, Gary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CJ 1020 ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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