Reforming science: Structural reforms

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 897-901

  Fang, Ferric C ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANXIETY; BASIC RESEARCH; BIOMEDICINE; COST; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857664628     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06184-11     Document Type: Editorial

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