Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 578-587 , June 2008

Ways to strengthen research capacity in developing countries: effectiveness of a research training workshop in Pakistan

  • Sunita Dodani

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Building, Medical College of Georgia, 997 St Sebastian Way, Room 4503, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +17067210426.
    • ,
  • Ronald E. LaPorte

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 13 July 2007 ,Accepted 5 September 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00296-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.003

Public Health
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