The fate and career destinations of doctors who qualified at Uganda's Makerere Medical School in 1984: Retrospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7466, 2004, Pages 600-601

  Dambisya, Yoswa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UGANDA; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

CAREER CHOICE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UGANDA;

EID: 4544346065     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38134.524387.AE     Document Type: Article

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