Widening access? Characteristics of applicants to medical and dental schools, compared with UCAS

British Dental Journal

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 433-445

  Gallagher, J E ^a   Niven, V ^c   Donaldson, N ^c   Wilson, N H F ^b  

^a Oral Health Services Research and Dental Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATION, PREDENTAL; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949115318     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.963     Document Type: Article

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