Global health: A successful context for precollege training and advocacy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Gervassi, Ana L ^a   Collins, Laura J ^b   Britschgi, Theresa B ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Center for Research and Learning   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAM; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; STATISTICS;

FUNGI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78149491593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013814     Document Type: Article

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