Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2006

Medical students' perceptions of pathology and the effect of the second-year pathology course

  • Lorne Holland, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9072, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Barbara Bosch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

Received 15 August 2005 ,Revised 12 October 2005 ,Accepted 14 October 2005.

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PII: S0046-8177(05)00590-3

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.10.004

Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2006

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