Factors affecting the career path choices of graduates at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-166

  Jelinski, Murray D ^a   Campbell, John R ^a   Naylor, Jonathan M ^b   Lawson, Karen L ^a   Derkzen, Dena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Ross University   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40649120771     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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