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- 1 2 "World Directory of Medical Schools | About". www.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ↑ "FAIMER | World Directory of Medical Schools". www.faimer.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ↑ "International Medical Education Directory (IMED) To Be Discontinued by Mid-2015". www.faimer.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.