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Role of E-Learning in Teaching Health Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice in Africa and Beyond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2012

R. CHILENGI ,
A. NYIKA ,
G. B. TANGWA ,
R. A. NOOR ,
S. W. RAMADHANI ,
S. BOSOMPRAH  and
W. L. KILAMA
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Bioethics Education
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 110 - 119
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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