Weaving a richer tapestry in biomedical science

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6045, 2011, Pages 940-941

  Tabak, Lawrence A ^a   Collins, Francis S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; RESEARCH WORK; WORKPLACE;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; ASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051863049     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211704     Document Type: Short Survey

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