Dropout rates in medical students at one school before and after the installation of admission tests in Austria

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1040-1048

  Reibnegger, Gilbert ^a   Caluba, Hans Christian ^a   Ithaler, Daniel ^a   Manhal, Simone ^a   Neges, Heide Maria ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 80051552638     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182223a1b     Document Type: Article

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