Did Health Improvement Programmes improve in their first two years?

Health Education Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 354-361

  Abbott, Stephen ^a,b   Gillam, Stephen ^a  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health authorities; Health Improvement Programmes; Health promotion; Primary Care Groups and Trusts; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012401596     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690106000407     Document Type: Article

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