Creating an interdisciplinary introductory chemistry course without time-intensive curriculum changes

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 979-982

  Vogel Taylor, Elizabeth M ^a   Mitchell, Rudolph ^a   Drennan, Catherine L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; RESEARCH;

EID: 73649129885     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb9002927     Document Type: Short Survey

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