Time to rethink the NIH

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7340, 2011, Pages 569-571

  Crow, Michael M ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; OBESITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953242969     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/471569a     Document Type: Note

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