The globalization of health research: Harnessing the scientific diaspora

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-534

  Anand, Nalini P ^a   Hofman, Karen J ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIENCE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249140449     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819b204d     Document Type: Review

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