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Training and retaining of underrepresented minority physician scientists – an African-American perspective: NICHD AAP workshop on research in neonatal and perinatal medicine

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Dennery, P. Training and retaining of underrepresented minority physician scientists – an African-American perspective: NICHD AAP workshop on research in neonatal and perinatal medicine. J Perinatol 26 (Suppl 2), S46–S48 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211525

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