IT-based activity in physiology education: An experience from a developing country

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Kommalage, Mahinda ^a   Gunawardena, Sampath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Information technology based physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749089956     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00067.2007     Document Type: Article

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