H3Africa Biorepository Program: Supporting Genomics Research on African Populations by Sharing High-Quality Biospecimens

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 99-103

  Abimiku, Alash'Le ^a   Mayne, Elizabeth Sarah ^b   Joloba, Moses ^c   Beiswanger, Christine M ^a   Troyer, Jennifer ^d   Wideroff, Louise ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BIOINFORMATICS; GENOMICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85018604051     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2017.0005     Document Type: Article

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