Dissecting the "black box" of community intervention: Background and rationale

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement

Volumn 29, Issue 56, 2001, Pages 5-12

  Pearson, T A ^a   Lewis, C ^b   Wall, S ^c   Jenkins, P L ^b   Nafziger, A ^b   Weinehall, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035226094     PISSN: 14034956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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