How are health research priorities set in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of published reports

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  McGregor, Skye ^a   Henderson, Klara J ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; DATA ANALYSIS; EAST ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIETY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; META ANALYSIS; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84907480690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108787     Document Type: Article

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