Development of Databases and Registries: International Issues

  1. JAMES M. WHITEHEAD1,
  2. AMY P. PATTERSON1,2,
  3. AUSTINE MOULTON1,2

Article first published online: 7 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09140.x

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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WHITEHEAD, J. M., PATTERSON, A. P. and MOULTON, A. (1998), Development of Databases and Registries: International Issues. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 862: 217–221. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09140.x

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  1. 1

    Stellar Systems L.C., 1997 Barkham Lane, Vienna, Virginia 22182, USA

  2. 2

    Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 92037, USA

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