Our essential and endangered dentist–scientist workforce

JDR Clinical and Translational Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-22

  D'Souza R N ^a   Colombo, J S ^a   Embree, M C ^b   Myers, J M ^c   Derouen, T A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Dental schools; Education; Research; Research personnel; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049132498     PISSN: 23800844     EISSN: 23800852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2380084416673346     Document Type: Article

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