Systematic analysis of funding awarded for norovirus research to institutions in the United Kingdom, 1997-2010

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Head, Michael G ^a   Fitchett, Joseph R ^b   Atun, Rifat ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

funding; investments; norovirus; research; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

FUNDING; INVESTMENTS; NOROVIRUS; RESEARCH; UK;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NOROVIRUS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84896839334     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076813511450     Document Type: Article

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