Learning Preferences of Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in the Veterinary Program

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-16

  Barnes, A L ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85011519581     PISSN: 13260111     EISSN: 20497784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1326011100001241     Document Type: Article

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