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Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions of clinicians towards conducting clinical trials in an Academic Tertiary Care Center

Mohamad A. Al-Tannir, Hind M. AlKatan, Ahmad H. Al-Badr, Mostafa M. Al-Tannir and Amani K. Abu-Shaheen
Saudi Medical Journal February 2018, 39 (2) 191-196; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.2.21093
Mohamad A. Al-Tannir
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, AlKatan, Al-Badr, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, and from AlFaisal University (Al-Tannir MM), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
DMD, MPH
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Hind M. AlKatan
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, AlKatan, Al-Badr, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, and from AlFaisal University (Al-Tannir MM), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad H. Al-Badr
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, AlKatan, Al-Badr, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, and from AlFaisal University (Al-Tannir MM), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mostafa M. Al-Tannir
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, AlKatan, Al-Badr, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, and from AlFaisal University (Al-Tannir MM), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani K. Abu-Shaheen
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir MA, AlKatan, Al-Badr, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, and from AlFaisal University (Al-Tannir MM), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2018, 39 (2) 191-196; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.2.21093

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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2018, 39 (2) 191-196; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.2.21093
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