South Korean biotechnology—a rising industrial and scientific powerhouse

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 12s, 2004, Pages DC42-DC47

  Wong, Joseph ^a   Quach, Uyen ^b   Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla ^b   Singer, Peter A ^b   Daar, Abdallah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; KOREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; KOREA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 18644377145     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1204supp-DC42     Document Type: Article

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