Premed Requirements: The Time for Change Is Long Overdue!

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-106

  Dalen, James E ^a   Alpert, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BOTANY; CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649108324     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.08.027     Document Type: Editorial

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