title: Medical research in the Republic of South Africa.
abstract: A brief overview of the policies and research priorities of the South African Medical Research Council is given. Some of the unique medical problems of South Africa on which research is being done are indicated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012106:Research; D013019:South Africa; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous