Potential influence of selection criteria on the demographic composition of students in an Australian medical school

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Puddey, Ian B ^a   Mercer, Annette ^a   Carr, Sandra E ^a   Louden, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555234391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-97     Document Type: Article

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