Short-term stability and spread of the U.S. News & world report primary care medical school rankings

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1107-1115

  Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Jerant, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84882454146     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31829a249a     Document Type: Article

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