Are we really producing public health experts in India Need for a paradigm shift in postgraduate teaching in community medicine

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-97

  Garg, Rajesh ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b  

^a VCSG Government Medical Sciences and Research Institute   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 80052888568     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.84124     Document Type: Note

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