Assessing the state of health research in the eastern mediterranean region

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 224-233

  Ismail, S A ^a   Mcdonald, A ^a   Dubois, E ^a   Aljohani, F G ^a,b   Coutts, A P ^c   Majeed, A ^a   Rawaf, S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNICATION SKILL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; REMUNERATION; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; RESEARCH;

FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLITICS; RESEARCH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881307148     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.120240     Document Type: Review

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