Access, sources and value of new medical information: views of final year medical students at the University of Nairobi.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on January 01, 2009

Authors

Adrian Gituma1, Moses Masika, Eric Muchangi, Lily Nyagah, Vincent Otieno, Grace Irimu, Aggrey Wasunna, Moses Ndiritu, Mike English

Author Affiliations

1: College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

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