Race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6045, 2011, Pages 1015-1019

  Ginther, Donna K ^a   Schaffer, Walter T ^b   Schnell, Joshua ^c   Masimore, Beth ^c   Liu, Faye ^c   Haak, Laurel L ^c   Kington, Raynard ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^d GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNICITY; PROBABILITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RESEARCH WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AWARDS AND PRIZES; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051871951     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1196783     Document Type: Article

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