International collaboration, funding and association with burden of disease in randomized controlled trials in Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 511-517

  Swingler, George H ^a   Pillay, Victoria ^a   Pienaar, Elizabeth D ^b   Ioannidis, John P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Africa; Cost of illness; Endemic diseases; International cooperation; Randomized controlled trials; Research; Research support

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZATION;

AFRICA; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22344440775     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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