Assessing the personal characteristics of premedical students

Choosing Students: Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-230

  Etienne, Patricia M ^a   Julian, Ellen R ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84917241692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612533     Document Type: Chapter

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