Strategies to attract medical students to the specialty of child neurology

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Werner, Rachel M ^a,b   Polsky, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346924346     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00412-0     Document Type: Article

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