Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Full Length Research Paper

Researcher vulnerability: An overlooked issue in vulnerability discourses

Amos Laar
  • Amos Laar
  • Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Box LG 13 Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 25 February 2014
  •  Accepted: 15 July 2014
  •  Published: 30 August 2014

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