Impact of United States political sanctions on international collaborations and research in Iran

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2019, Pages

  Kokabisaghi, Fatemeh ^a   Miller, Andrew C ^b   Bashar, Farshid R ^c   Salesi, Mahmood ^d   Zarchi, Ali A K ^d   Keramatfar, Abdalsamad ^e   Pourhoseingholi, Mohammad A ^f   Amini, Hosein ^g   Vahedian Azimi, Amir ^d  

^a Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Scientific Information Database   (Iran)

^f SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

health policy; health services research; international research collaboration; iran; political sanction; public health; united states

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOYCOTT; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNDING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IRAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY;

EID: 85071927296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001692     Document Type: Article

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