Network structure and the role of key players in a translational cancer research network: A study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Long, Janet C ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETWORK LEARNING; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84863678942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001434     Document Type: Article

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