The interaction of socio-economic status and gender in widening participation in medicine

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-113

  Griffin, Barbara ^a   Hu, Wendy ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920071587     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12480     Document Type: Article

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