Broadening participation in the life sciences: Current landscape and future directions

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Gibbs, Kenneth D ^a   Marsteller, Pat ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 84986540362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.16-06-0198     Document Type: Article

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