Rural undergraduate support and coordination, rural clinical school, and rural Australian medical undergraduate scholarship: Rural undergraduate initiatives and subsequent rural medical workforce

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-307

  Playford, Denese E ^a   Cheong, Edwina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84865493090     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11072     Document Type: Article

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