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Original Research

Does Absenteeism Affect Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Medical Students? Evidence From “Rashid Latif Medical College (RLMC).”

Yousaf Latif Khan1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore54800, Pakistan;2 Department of Medical Education, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, PakistanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-4978View further author information
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Sohail Khursheed Lodhi1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore54800, Pakistan;2 Department of Medical Education, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, PakistanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-6052View further author information
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Shahzad Bhatti2 Department of Medical Education, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan;3 Department of Embryology, Lahore Institute of Fertility and Endocrinology, Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore54800, Pakistan;4 Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore54600, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Waqas Ali2 Department of Medical Education, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, PakistanView further author information
Pages 999-1008 | Published online: 02 Dec 2019

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