Tips for charting the course of a successful health research career.

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Published in J Multidiscip Healthc on April 24, 2013

Authors

Lawrence Mbuagbaw1, Frederick Morfaw, John-Eudes L Kunda, Jackson K Mukonzo, Jasmine Kastner, Shiyuan Zhang, Madzouka Kokolo, Lehana Thabane

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health, Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon ; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ; Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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