New physician-investigators receiving National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants: A historical perspective on the "endangered species"

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2496-2501

  Dickler, Howard B ^a   Fang, Di ^b   Heinig, Stephen J ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^c   Korn, David ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250361567     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.22.2496     Document Type: Article

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