Attention to local health burden and the global disparity of health research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Evans, James A ^a   Shim, Jae Mahn ^b   Ioannidis, John P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTENTION; COST OF ILLNESS; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ATTENTION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLICATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84898859699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090147     Document Type: Article

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