Are we studying what matters? Health priorities and NIH-funded biomedical engineering research

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2237-2251

  Rubin, Jessica B ^a,b   David Paltiel, A ^a   Mark Saltzman, W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease specific research; National Institutes of Health; NIBIB; Public health; Research priorities; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL FUNDINGS; HEART DISEASE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERINGS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; HEALTH; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FORECASTING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954657300     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9982-9     Document Type: Article

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