Career choices of undergraduate medical students

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-169

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Dhaliwal, Upreet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960796912     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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