Personal reflections on big science, small science, or the right mix

Circulation Research

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1080-1082

  Lauer, Michael S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical research; economics; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DNA STRUCTURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH SCIENCE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MOON; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84897525667     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.303627     Document Type: Review

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