Survey of medical specialists on their attitudes to and resources for health research in Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Mahmoud, Abdulraheem O ^a   Ayanniyi, Adeyinka A ^b   Lawal, Abdul ^c   Omolase, Charles O ^d   Ologunsua, Yinka ^e   Samaila, Elsie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^c AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^e Eye Unit   (Nigeria)

^f AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health research; medical research; Nigeria; physician researchers

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959918143     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.82078     Document Type: Review

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