African biomedical scientists and the promises of “big science”

Canadian Journal of African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 455-478

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

biomedical research; capacity; collaboration; Genomics; infectious disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031321596     PISSN: 00083968     EISSN: 19233051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2016.1266677     Document Type: Article

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