Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 228-231 , March 2005

Capacity Building for Epidemiologic Research: A Case Study in the Newly Independent State of Azerbaijan

Received 25 November 2003 ,Accepted 14 June 2004.

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 Funding for this study was provided in large part by WHO and UNDP. However, the travel of James Andruchow to and from Azerbaijan was provided by the Edmonton Consular Corps Consular Ball Scholarship. His personal support came from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, as well as from the Programme for Research on the Environmental Etiology of Cancer (PREECAN).

PII: S1047-2797(04)00242-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.06.004

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 228-231 , March 2005

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