Training a new generation of biostatisticians: A successful consortium model

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Simpson, Judy M ^a   Ryan, Philip ^b   Carlin, John B ^c   Gurrin, Lyle ^c   Marschner, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Collaboration; Statistics education; Teaching program

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950825442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2009.11889521     Document Type: Article

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