Why medical students are crucial to the future of research in South Asia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1110-1111

  Aslam, Fawad ^a   Shakir, Murtaza ^a   Qayyum, Muhammad Ahad ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PUNJAB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; PAKISTAN; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 28444467812     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020322     Document Type: Article

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