Strengthening the role of genomics in global health

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-197

  Acharya, Tara ^a,b   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,c,d   Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla ^a,b   Dowdeswell, Elizabeth ^a,b   Singer, Peter A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Joint Centre for Bioethics   (Canada)

^c McLaughlin Ctr for Molec Medicine   (Canada)

^d Dept of Pub Hlth Sci and Surgery ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOMICS; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 14344254759     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010040     Document Type: Short Survey

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