Developing a Curriculum for Evolutionary Medicine: Case Studies of Scurvy and Female Reproductive Tract Cancers

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 595-602

  Buklijas, Tatjana ^a   Low, Felicia M ^a   Beedle, Alan S ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancers of female reproductive tract; Case study; Curriculum; Evolutionary medicine; Medical education; Medical students; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861691553     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-011-0374-x     Document Type: Article

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