Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 361-366 , April 2008

Development of an interest in a career in public health during medical school

  • Marc B.M. Soethout

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31204448384; fax: +31204448387.
    • ,
  • Olle J. ten Cate

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Utrecht, School of Medical Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Gerrit van der Wal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 10 January 2007 ,Revised 15 May 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00251-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.018

Public Health
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