North-South health research collaboration: Challenges in institutional interaction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1229-1238

  Maina Ahlberg, Beth ^a   Nordberg, Erik ^a   Tomson, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health research; Interdisciplinary; International; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

HEALTH RESEARCH; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS;

EID: 0030619412     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00311-5     Document Type: Article

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