obstacles to research activities: a survey of faculty member’s view at urmia university of medical sciences in 2010     mir ghaffarzadeh sh [1] , nazari h [2] , motazakker m [3]     received: 18 aug, 2012 accepted: 15 nov , 2012     abstract   background & aims : this study uncovers the obstacles to research activities by studying the views of faculty members at urmia university of medical scie...

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