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Mini-med school for Aboriginal youth: experiential science outreach to tackle systemic barriers

Rita I. HendersonDepartment of Family MedicineCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Keri WilliamsDepartment of Community Health SciencesCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Lynden (Lindsay) CrowshoeDepartment of Family MedicineCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Article: 29561 | Received 28 Aug 2015, Accepted 30 Nov 2015, Published online: 23 Dec 2015

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