Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC): The politics and positives of a cooperative study group

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-497

  Wang, Elaine E L ^a,e   Scheifele, David ^b   Law, Barbara J ^c   MacDonald, Noni E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Human; International cooperation; Research

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030994921     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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