Considerations for infectious disease research and practice

Technology in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 383-387

  Hamburg, Margaret A ^a  

^a Nuclear Threat Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; China; Disease; Genomics; Health; India; Infectious disease; National institutes of health; Public health

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45049088222     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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