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Clinical research and trials in developing countries
Author(s) -
Yusuf Salim
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.1290
Subject(s) - developing country , clinical trial , medicine , economic growth , economics , pathology
Abstract Over 80 per cent of the global disease burden occurs in developing countries. Yet the proportion of research conducted in these countries is less than 10 per cent of the global research activity. This article emphasizes the need to conduct research in developing countries on locally relevant questions, provides general principles that may assist in establishing such studies, and describes some experiences in the cardiovascular area. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.