Funding of pilot projects in Latin America: A tool for capacity building in occupational health research

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-414

  Felknor, Sarah A ^a,f   Delclos, George L ^a   Gimeno, David ^a   Wesseling, Ineke ^b   Monge, Patricia ^b   Chavez, Jorge ^c   Quintana, Leonardo ^d   Schulze, Lawrence J H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Fogarty International Center; Funding; Latin America; Research training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 33845338761     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.408     Document Type: Article

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