Impact of trends in primary, secondary, and postsecondary education on applications to medical school. II: Considerations of race, ethnicity, and income

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 864-876

  Cooper, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FINANCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; KINDERGARTEN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0141478867     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200309000-00004     Document Type: Review

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