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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 25, 2013 - Issue 4: Medical students in psychiatry. GUEST EDITORS: Greg Lydall, Kitty Farooq, Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra
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Research Article

Factors that influence the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi

David M. NdeteiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya;Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, KenyaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zipporah W. NgumiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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Victoria N. MutisoAfrica Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya
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Christine W. MusyimiAfrica Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya
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Lucy W. KamauAfrica Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya
Pages 406-412 | Received 15 Apr 2013, Accepted 04 Jul 2013, Published online: 13 Sep 2013

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