Geography of Genetics and Genomics Research Funding in Africa

Global Heart

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 173-176

  Coles, Eric ^a   Mensah, George A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPITAL FINANCING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 85028631480     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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