Widening access to medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: Population based cross sectional analysis of UK data, 2002-6

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7796, 2011, Pages 539-

  Mathers, Jonathan ^a   Sitch, Alice ^a   Marsh, Jennifer L ^a   Parry, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952257454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d918     Document Type: Article

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