Radiography
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 56-61 , February 2010

Factors influencing students' choices in considering rural radiography careers at Makerere University, Uganda

  • Mubuuke Aloysius Gonzaga

      Affiliations

    • Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kampala, Uganda
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +256 772 616788.
    • ,
  • E. Kiguli-Malwadde

      Affiliations

    • Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kampala, Uganda
    • ,
  • Businge Francis

      Affiliations

    • Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kampala, Uganda
    • ,
  • Byanyima K. Rosemary

      Affiliations

    • Mulago Hospital, Department of Radiology, Kampala, Uganda

Received 11 January 2009 ,Revised 26 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.09.003

Radiography
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