Whither Latin America? Trends and challenges of science in Latin America

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 199-210

  Hermes Lima, Marcelo ^a   Santos, Natacha C F ^a   Alencastro, Antonieta C R ^a   Ferreira, Sergio T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Pan American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB)   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry and molecular biology; Latin America; Science; Scientific output

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FUNDING; INVESTMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; POLICY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 34248596244     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540701258751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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