From construction workers to architects: Developing scientific research capacity in low-income countries

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Coloma, Josefina ^a,b   Harris, Eva ^a,b  

^a Sustainable Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 68049133345     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000156     Document Type: Short Survey

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